Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Now Covered by StockNews.com

StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a research note released on Tuesday morning. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Stock Down 3.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ AWRE opened at $1.56 on Tuesday. Aware has a twelve month low of $1.35 and a twelve month high of $2.97. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $1.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.81. The company has a market capitalization of $33.07 million, a PE ratio of -4.33 and a beta of 0.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Aware stock. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 28.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 37,828 shares during the quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC owned 0.80% of Aware worth $316,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.