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

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

Aware Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.65 on Friday. Aware has a 1 year low of $1.35 and a 1 year high of $2.97. The company has a market capitalization of $34.98 million, a PE ratio of -4.58 and a beta of 0.72. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $1.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.87.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The software maker reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $3.85 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 14.46% and a negative net margin of 44.06%.

Institutional Trading of Aware

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Aware during the 3rd quarter worth $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position 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 increased its stake in shares of Aware by 3.7% in the second 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 hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.