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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 47,300 shares, a growth of 10.3% from the September 30th total of 42,900 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 57,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Aware Price Performance

Shares of AWRE stock traded down $0.39 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $1.68. 338,827 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 49,942. Aware has a 12-month low of $1.05 and a 12-month high of $2.97. The business’s fifty day moving average is $2.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $1.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.42 million, a P/E ratio of -5.18 and a beta of 0.80.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The software maker reported ($0.05) EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $4.32 million during the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 26.49% and a negative return on equity of 9.01%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on Aware in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. They set a “buy” rating for the company.

Institutional Trading of Aware

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Aware stock. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 3.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,800 shares during the quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC owned about 3.40% of Aware worth $1,414,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. 24.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.