Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Sees Large Decrease in Short Interest

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 42,700 shares, a decrease of 20.0% from the August 15th total of 53,400 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 51,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Aware stock. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 25,800 shares during the quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC owned 3.40% of Aware worth $1,414,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Aware Stock Performance

Shares of Aware stock opened at $2.05 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.22 million, a PE ratio of -6.21 and a beta of 0.81. Aware has a 52 week low of $1.05 and a 52 week high of $2.97. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $2.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.96.

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

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.