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

Investment analysts at StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a report released on Monday. The firm set a “buy” rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.53 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $1.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.91. The stock has a market cap of $32.34 million, a PE ratio of -4.24 and a beta of 0.77. Aware has a one year low of $1.35 and a one year high of $2.97.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its stake 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. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Aware by 28.9% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $316,000 after buying an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Finally, Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new stake in Aware during the third quarter worth approximately $146,000. 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.