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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) saw a large drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 42,700 shares, a drop of 20.0% from the August 15th total of 53,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 51,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Aware Stock Down 4.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ AWRE traded down $0.10 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $2.05. 46,634 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 50,804. The company has a market capitalization of $43.22 million, a P/E ratio of -6.21 and a beta of 0.81. Aware has a 52-week low of $1.05 and a 52-week high of $2.97. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $2.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $1.96.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The software maker reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $4.32 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 26.49% and a negative return on equity of 9.01%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Aware stock. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. increased its stake in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 43.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 134,667 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 41,001 shares during the quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. owned approximately 0.64% of Aware worth $252,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.