American Public Education (APEI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Public Education in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" APEI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in APEI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for American Public Education's stock. Their APEI share price forecasts range from $6.00 to $8.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $7.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.6% from the stock's current price.
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American Public Education's stock was trading at $12.29 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, APEI stock has decreased by 58.9% and is now trading at $5.05.
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American Public Education saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 231,100 shares, a decrease of 6.8% from the August 15th total of 247,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 149,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 14th 2023.
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American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.31) by $0.06. The company earned $147.21 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $146.24 million. American Public Education had a negative net margin of 11.23% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.16%.

American Public Education updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -$0.32--$0.24 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of -$0.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $148.30 million-$150.30 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $147.53 million.

10 employees have rated American Public Education Chief Executive Officer Angela Selden on Glassdoor.com. Angela Selden has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Angela Selden in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 90.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at American Public Education to a friend.

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American Public Education trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "APEI."

American Public Education's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Redwood Capital Management LLC (7.95%), Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (6.02%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.34%), BlackRock Inc. (4.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.39%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Barbara Fast, Granetta B Blevins, Harry T Wilkins, Jean C Halle, Katherine H Zatz, Thomas Beckett and Timothy J Landon.
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Shares of APEI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of APEI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.05.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) has a market capitalization of $89.74 million and generates $606.33 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-114,990,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($3.86) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,244 workers across the globe.

American Public Education's mailing address is 111 W CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV, 25414. The official website for the company is www.apei.com. The company can be reached via phone at (304) 724-3700, via email at csymanoskie@apei.com, or via fax at 877-468-6268.