Short Interest in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Declines By 6.7%

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 44,300 shares, a decline of 6.7% from the March 15th total of 47,500 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 54,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Aware Trading Down 2.3 %

AWRE opened at $1.68 on Thursday. Aware has a twelve month low of $1.05 and a twelve month high of $2.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.41 million, a PE ratio of -4.80 and a beta of 0.78. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $1.82 and its 200 day moving average price is $1.64.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 12th. The software maker reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $4.37 million during the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 40.09% and a negative return on equity of 14.28%.

Institutional Trading of Aware

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. HRT Financial LP acquired a new position in shares of Aware in the 4th quarter valued at $36,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in Aware by 47.8% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 49,451 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $85,000 after buying an additional 15,999 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its stake in Aware by 16.7% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 70,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $116,000 after buying an additional 10,000 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Aware by 6.4% during the first quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,460 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $229,000 after acquiring an additional 4,632 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Aware by 60.2% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 79,072 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $125,000 after acquiring an additional 29,705 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

About Aware

Aware, Inc, a authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, which includes 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.