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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 54,200 shares, a growth of 20.4% from the February 28th total of 45,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 56,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Ajay K. Amlani acquired 28,950 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $1.50 per share, with a total value of $43,425.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer now owns 234,439 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $351,658.50. This trade represents a 14.09 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders bought 54,713 shares of company stock worth $83,558 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 28.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Aware

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Aware stock. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC owned about 0.80% of Aware worth $316,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware in a report on Saturday, March 29th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock.

Aware Price Performance

NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.58 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $1.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $1.68. Aware has a 1-year low of $1.35 and a 1-year high of $2.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.50 million, a P/E ratio of -4.39 and a beta of 0.66.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 5th. The software maker reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $4.80 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 14.46% and a negative net margin of 44.06%.

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.