Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a research note released on Saturday morning. The firm issued a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Price Performance

Shares of AWRE stock opened at $1.60 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $33.92 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.44 and a beta of 0.71. Aware has a one year low of $1.35 and a one year high of $2.97. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $1.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.85.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in Aware in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Aware by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $316,000 after purchasing an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Aware by 3.7% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,414,000 after buying an additional 25,800 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.