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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.02. The firm earned $72.99 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.24 million. American Public Education had a net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 8.77%. The company's revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.27 earnings per share. View American Public Education's Earnings History.

American Public Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Public Education.

American Public Education updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.48-0.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.56. American Public Education also updated its Q4 2018 guidance to $0.48-0.53 EPS.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for American Public Education's shares. Their forecasts 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 39.8% 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.

News headlines about APEI stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Public Education earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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

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 $29.56.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $486.81 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.

The official website for American Public Education is http://www.americanpubliceducation.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]