Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Research Coverage Started at StockNews.com

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

Aware Stock Up 3.4 %

Aware stock opened at $1.51 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $1.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $32.02 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.19 and a beta of 0.77. Aware has a 52-week low of $1.35 and a 52-week high of $2.97.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Aware during the 3rd quarter valued at about $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Aware by 28.9% during the third 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 during the period. Finally, 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 during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.