Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Earns Buy Rating from Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a report issued on Tuesday morning. The firm issued a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Price Performance

AWRE stock opened at $1.89 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $2.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.96. The stock has a market cap of $39.85 million, a PE ratio of -5.73 and a beta of 0.81. Aware has a fifty-two week low of $1.05 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The software maker reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $4.32 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 26.49% and a negative return on equity of 9.01%.

Institutional Trading of Aware

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Aware stock. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. grew its position in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 43.8% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 134,667 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 41,001 shares during the period. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. owned approximately 0.64% of Aware worth $252,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

About Aware

Aware, Inc, an authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, including Knomi, a mobile biometric framework which provides multiple biometric modality options; AwareABIS, an automated biometric identification system used for large-scale biometric identification and deduplication; AFIX suite used for small-scale law enforcement focused biometric identification; and AFIX Tracker for fingerprint, palmprint, and latent print identification, as well as AFIX Face, AFIX Verifier, AFIX Identifier, AFIX Comparator, AFIX Engine, and AFIX NIST Transaction Engine.