StockNews.com Begins Coverage on Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE)

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

Aware Price Performance

AWRE stock opened at $1.55 on Friday. Aware has a 12 month low of $1.35 and a 12 month high of $2.97. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $1.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $1.93. The company has a market cap of $32.86 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.31 and a beta of 0.77.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of AWRE. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in Aware by 3.7% in 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 in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position 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 worth $316,000 after purchasing an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in Aware during the third quarter worth about $146,000. Hedge funds and other 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.