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

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

Aware Price Performance

AWRE opened at $1.50 on Thursday. Aware has a 52-week low of $1.35 and a 52-week high of $2.97. The company has a 50 day moving average of $1.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $1.96. The company has a market cap of $31.80 million, a P/E ratio of -4.17 and a beta of 0.82.

Institutional Trading of Aware

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AWRE. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Aware by 3.7% in the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,414,000 after buying an additional 25,800 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Finally, Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in Aware during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $146,000. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.