NASDAQ:APEI - American Public Education Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.01. The company earned $75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $75.13 million. American Public Education had a net margin of 7.10% and a return on equity of 7.90%. American Public Education's revenue for the quarter was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. View American Public Education's Earnings History.

American Public Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Public Education.

American Public Education issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.29-$0.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.29.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for American Public Education's stock. Their predictions range from $29.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect American Public Education's share price to reach $39.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.4%. View Analyst Ratings for American Public Education.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Public Education in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to American Public Education include Laureate International Universities (LAUR), Hailiang Education Group (HLG), Bright Scholar Education Holdngs (BEDU), OneSmart International Edun Gr (ONE), "Puxin Limited" (NEW), Strayer Education (STRA), Career Education (CECO), Capella Education (CPLA), Sunlands Online Education Group (STG), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), K12 (LRN), RYB Education (RYB), Tarena International (TEDU), GP Strategies (GPX) and China Distance Education (DL).

News stories about APEI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. American Public Education earned a daily sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company an impact score of 46.32 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of APEI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.90.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $728.12 million and generates $299.25 million in revenue each year. The company earns $21.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis. American Public Education employs 1,920 workers across the globe.

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]