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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) saw a large increase in short interest during 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. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 62,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Aware Stock Performance

Shares of AWRE stock traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $1.62. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 12,361 shares, compared to its average volume of 53,035. The company has a market cap of $34.26 million, a PE ratio of -4.50 and a beta of 0.71. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $1.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.86. Aware has a 52 week low of $1.35 and a 52 week high of $2.97.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Aware during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Aware by 28.9% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $316,000 after acquiring an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 25,800 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 24.39% of the company’s 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.