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

Stock analysts at StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a report released on Monday. The brokerage set a “buy” rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.50 on Monday. Aware has a 12-month low of $1.35 and a 12-month high of $2.97. The business has a 50 day moving average of $1.65 and a 200-day moving average of $1.91. The stock has a market cap of $31.81 million, a PE ratio of -4.17 and a beta of 0.77.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AWRE. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Aware during the third quarter worth approximately $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Aware by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $316,000 after acquiring an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 25,800 shares during the period. 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.