Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Earns Buy Rating from Analysts at StockNews.com

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

Aware Trading Down 4.0 %

NASDAQ AWRE opened at $1.44 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $1.88 and a 200-day moving average of $1.98. Aware has a 12 month low of $1.42 and a 12 month high of $2.97. The company has a market cap of $30.53 million, a PE ratio of -4.00 and a beta of 0.82.

Institutional Trading of Aware

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Aware stock. Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its position in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,800 shares during the quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC owned 3.40% of Aware worth $1,414,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 24.39% of the stock is currently 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.