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

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

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $72.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.14 million. American Public Education had a return on equity of 8.61% and a net margin of 7.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.23 earnings per share. View American Public Education's Earnings History.

American Public Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Public Education.

American Public Education issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.28-0.33 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.39.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for American Public Education's stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate American Public Education's stock price to reach $41.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Public Education.

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

News articles about APEI stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Public Education earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 46.23 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for American Public Education.

American Public Education's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.70%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (8.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.11%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (3.64%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.05%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.86%). Company insiders that own American Public Education stock include Amy Panzarella, Barbara Kurshan, Carol S Gilbert, Eric C Andersen, Jean C Halle, Thomas Beckett, Timothy J Landon and Wallace E Jr Boston. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Public Education.

APEI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Alambic Investment Management L.P., California Public Employees Retirement System, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Smith Asset Management Group LP, Arizona State Retirement System and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold American Public Education company stock in the last year include Amy Panzarella, Barbara Kurshan, Eric C Andersen, Jean C Halle, Thomas Beckett, Timothy J Landon and Wallace E Jr Boston. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Public Education.

APEI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlackRock Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Mackay Shields LLC and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Public Education.

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 $35.35.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $563.75 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]