Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Research Coverage Started at StockNews.com

StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a report issued on Wednesday. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Stock Up 1.9 %

Shares of AWRE opened at $1.60 on Wednesday. Aware has a 12-month low of $1.35 and a 12-month high of $2.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.93 million, a PE ratio of -4.44 and a beta of 0.72. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $1.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.89.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new stake in Aware in the third quarter valued at about $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Aware by 28.9% in the third 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 last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its holdings in Aware by 3.7% in the second 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 last quarter. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Aware Company Profile

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.