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) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $72.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.14 million. American Public Education had a return on equity of 8.61% and a net margin of 7.97%. The company's revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. 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 EPS guidance of $0.28-0.33 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.39.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for American Public Education's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate American Public Education's share price to reach $41.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% 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), Strayer Education (STRA), OneSmart International Edun Gr (ONE), Puxin (NEW), Capella Education (CPLA), Career Education (CECO), K12 (LRN), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), RYB Education (RYB), Sunlands Online Education Group (STG), Tarena International (TEDU), Bridgepoint Education (BPI), GP Strategies (GPX) and China Distance Education (DL).

Media stories about APEI stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Public Education earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 48.43 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock'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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $35.75.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $574.84 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]