Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at StockNews.com

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

Aware Stock Down 1.2 %

AWRE opened at $1.63 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $34.56 million, a PE ratio of -4.53 and a beta of 0.72. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $1.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.88. Aware has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97.

Institutional Trading of Aware

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Aware in the third quarter worth approximately $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Aware by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $316,000 after purchasing an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in Aware by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,414,000 after purchasing an additional 25,800 shares during the period. 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.