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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 47,500 shares, a drop of 45.2% from the February 29th total of 86,700 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 57,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Aware by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,583,497 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $4,750,000 after buying an additional 11,215 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Aware by 8.3% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 660,402 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,981,000 after buying an additional 50,754 shares during the period. Herald Investment Management Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Aware by 202.9% during the 3rd quarter. Herald Investment Management Ltd now owns 430,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $585,000 after buying an additional 288,057 shares during the period. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Aware during the 4th quarter valued at about $156,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Aware by 60.2% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 79,072 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $125,000 after buying an additional 29,705 shares during the period. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Aware Price Performance

Aware stock opened at $1.80 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $1.77 and its 200-day moving average is $1.60. The company has a market cap of $37.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.14 and a beta of 0.79. Aware has a 12 month low of $1.05 and a 12 month high of $2.10.

Aware Company Profile

Aware, Inc, a authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, which includes 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.