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

Analysts at StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a report issued on Thursday. The brokerage set a “buy” rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Stock Up 1.8 %

NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.66 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.61 and a beta of 0.72. Aware has a twelve month low of $1.35 and a twelve month high of $2.97. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $1.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.88.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AWRE. Renaissance Technologies LLC increased 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 worth $1,414,000 after purchasing an additional 25,800 shares during the last quarter. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Aware during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $146,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Aware by 28.9% during the 3rd 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 last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.