American Public Education Stock Forecast, Price & News

American Public Education's stock was trading at $20.51 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, APEI stock has increased by 52.3% and is now trading at $31.23.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Public Education in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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American Public Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 9th 2021.
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American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Saturday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.03. The firm earned $79.13 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $76 million. American Public Education had a net margin of 5.63% and a return on equity of 5.95%.
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American Public Education updated its fourth quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.41-0.46 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $81.819-84.794 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $83.17 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Public Education's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect American Public Education's share price to reach $39.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price.
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American Public Education saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 247,900 shares, a decrease of 27.1% from the October 15th total of 339,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 79,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to American Public Education include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), K12 (LRN), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), National American University (NAUH), Corinthian Colleges (COCOQ) and ITT Educational Services (ESINQ).
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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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.26%), State Street Corp (3.40%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.78%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (2.39%), Chilton Investment Co. LLC (1.78%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.12%). Company insiders that own American Public Education stock include Barbara Fast, Eric C Andersen, Jean C Halle, Robert E Gay, Thomas Beckett, Timothy J Landon and Wallace E Jr Boston.
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APEI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WINTON GROUP Ltd, Ninety One UK Ltd, BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., State Street Corp, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold American Public Education company stock in the last year include Barbara Fast, Eric C Andersen, Jean C Halle, Robert E Gay, Thomas Beckett, Timothy J Landon, and Wallace E Jr Boston.
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APEI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chilton Investment Co. LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Globeflex Capital L P, and Victory Capital Management Inc..
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Shares of APEI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of APEI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.23.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $462.49 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.

The official website for American Public Education is 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]