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

Research analysts at StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. The brokerage set a “buy” rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AWRE opened at $1.51 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $1.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.96. Aware has a 1 year low of $1.35 and a 1 year high of $2.97. The firm has a market cap of $32.01 million, a PE ratio of -4.19 and a beta of 0.82.

Institutional Trading of Aware

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its holdings in Aware by 3.7% during the 2nd 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. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Aware during the third quarter worth about $146,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Aware by 28.9% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $316,000 after acquiring an additional 37,828 shares during the period. 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.