Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Short Interest Up 7.3% in January

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

Aware Trading Down 1.5 %

Shares of AWRE traded down $0.03 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $1.61. 13,229 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 53,074. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $1.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $1.86. The firm has a market cap of $34.03 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.46 and a beta of 0.71. Aware has a 12-month low of $1.35 and a 12-month high of $2.97.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in Aware during the 3rd quarter worth about $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted 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 purchasing an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in 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 buying an additional 25,800 shares in the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Aware in a research report on Saturday. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock.

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.