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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 41,100 shares, a growth of 7.3% from the December 15th total of 38,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 62,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com began coverage on Aware in a research report on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of AWRE. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Aware during the third quarter worth $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC grew 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 in the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Aware Trading Up 1.8 %

AWRE opened at $1.66 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $1.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.88. Aware has a 1-year low of $1.35 and a 1-year high of $2.97. The stock has a market cap of $35.19 million, a PE ratio of -4.61 and a beta of 0.72.

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.