Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Short Interest Update

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 41,100 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the December 31st total of 38,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 62,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Aware Trading Down 1.8 %

AWRE stock opened at $1.60 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $1.61 and a 200-day moving average price of $1.85. Aware has a 12 month low of $1.35 and a 12 month high of $2.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $33.92 million, a P/E ratio of -4.44 and a beta of 0.71.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com started coverage on Aware in a research note on Saturday. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Aware during the third quarter worth about $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased 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 valued at $316,000 after purchasing an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its position 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.