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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 41,800 shares, a growth of 8.0% from the November 15th total of 38,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 49,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Aware in the third quarter valued at $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in Aware by 3.7% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,414,000 after acquiring an additional 25,800 shares in the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware in a report on Sunday. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.

Aware Stock Performance

Shares of Aware stock traded down $0.02 on Friday, reaching $1.52. The stock had a trading volume of 7,930 shares, compared to its average volume of 50,485. The stock has a market cap of $32.22 million, a P/E ratio of -4.22 and a beta of 0.77. Aware has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $1.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.92.

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.