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

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 29,421 shares, a decrease of 21.3% from the March 15th total of 37,367 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 79,413 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Sell”.

Aware Stock Performance

Aware stock opened at $1.38 on Friday. Aware has a 52-week low of $1.10 and a 52-week high of $2.95. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $1.45 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.81 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.93 and a beta of 0.99.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 4th. The software maker reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 21.19% and a negative net margin of 33.97%.The firm had revenue of $4.66 million during the quarter.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of AWRE. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new position in shares of Aware in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new position in shares of Aware in the 3rd quarter worth $42,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Aware by 71.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 14,436 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new position in shares of Aware in the 3rd quarter worth $193,000. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Aware by 14.3% in the 3rd quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 80,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $193,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Aware

Aware, Inc is a technology company specializing in biometric software and image processing solutions. Its core offerings include fingerprint, face and iris recognition algorithms, biometric template management, and mobile enrolment tools designed to capture and verify identities in secure environments. The company’s software development kits (SDKs) and web services APIs enable system integrators, device manufacturers and application developers to embed biometric and forensic capabilities into their products and services.

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, Aware evolved from an imaging technology provider into a leading vendor of biometric software.