NASDAQ:APEI - American Public Education Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Public Education's stock was trading at $20.51 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, APEI shares have increased by 16.7% and is now trading at $23.93. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Public Education in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for American Public Education.

American Public Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Public Education.

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 10th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37. The company had revenue of $74.38 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 million. American Public Education had a return on equity of 5.73% and a net margin of 3.50%. The business's revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.55 earnings per share. View American Public Education's earnings history.

American Public Education updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.13-0.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.28.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for American Public Education's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect American Public Education's share price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Public Education.

News coverage about APEI stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Public Education earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAmerican Public Education.

American Public Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 361,600 shares, an increase of 36.2% from the February 27th total of 265,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 101,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View American Public Education's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of APEI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.93.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $357.20 million and generates $286.27 million in revenue each year. The company earns $10.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.09 on an earnings per share basis. American Public Education employs 1,780 workers across the globe. View additional information about American Public Education.

The official website for American Public Education is http://www.apei.com/.

American Public Education's mailing address is 111 W CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV, 25414. The company can be reached via phone at 304-724-3700 or via email at [email protected]