Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Short Interest Update

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 41,800 shares, an increase of 8.0% from the November 15th total of 38,700 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 49,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AWRE. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted 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 valued at $1,414,000 after buying an additional 25,800 shares during the period. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Aware in the 3rd quarter valued at $146,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Aware by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $316,000 after acquiring an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Aware in a research note on Sunday. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock.

Aware Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of AWRE opened at $1.52 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $1.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $1.92. Aware has a 12 month low of $1.35 and a 12 month high of $2.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.23 million, a P/E ratio of -4.22 and a beta of 0.77.

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.