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

StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a research report sent to investors on Thursday. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Stock Up 1.8 %

NASDAQ AWRE opened at $1.66 on Thursday. Aware has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97. The business has a fifty day moving average of $1.58 and a 200-day moving average of $1.88. The stock has a market cap of $35.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.61 and a beta of 0.72.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Corsair Capital Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Aware during the 3rd quarter worth $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 worth $316,000 after buying an additional 37,828 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC grew 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 buying an additional 25,800 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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.