Short Interest in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Increases By 7.3%

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position 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 in the last quarter. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Aware during the third quarter worth approximately $146,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Aware by 28.9% in the third 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 last quarter. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Aware Trading Up 1.8 %

AWRE stock traded up $0.03 during trading on Friday, hitting $1.66. The company had a trading volume of 28,174 shares, compared to its average volume of 85,542. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $1.58 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.88. Aware has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97. The company has a market cap of $35.19 million, a P/E ratio of -4.61 and a beta of 0.72.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware in a research note on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating for the company.

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.