Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Short Interest Down 14.6% in October

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 40,400 shares, a decrease of 14.6% from the October 15th total of 47,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 53,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware in a research report on Wednesday. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Institutional Trading of Aware

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AWRE. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its position in Aware by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,414,000 after purchasing an additional 25,800 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised 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 worth $316,000 after buying an additional 37,828 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in Aware in the third quarter valued at approximately $146,000. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Aware Stock Down 4.0 %

AWRE stock opened at $1.44 on Friday. Aware has a twelve month low of $1.42 and a twelve month high of $2.97. The company has a market cap of $30.53 million, a P/E ratio of -4.00 and a beta of 0.82. The business has a fifty day moving average of $1.88 and a 200-day moving average of $1.98.

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.