American Public Education Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Public Education in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" American Public Education stock.
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American Public Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 349,700 shares, an increase of 113.0% from the June 15th total of 164,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 136,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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American Public Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 9th 2021.
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American Public Education will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 9th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) announced its earnings results on Sunday, May, 9th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.07. The business earned $88.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $88.02 million. American Public Education had a net margin of 7.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.55%.
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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 (WHO). Since then, APEI stock has increased by 38.9% and is now trading at $28.48.
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American Public Education updated its second quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $-0.040-0.030 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.460. The company issued revenue guidance of $78.02 million-79.66 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $89.92 million.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for American Public Education's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate American Public Education's share price to reach $39.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.3% from the stock's current price.
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3 employees have rated American Public Education CEO Angela Selden on Glassdoor.com. Angela Selden has an approval rating of 100% among American Public Education's employees. This puts Angela Selden in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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), Stride (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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 6 Meridian (0.07%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.04%). 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 6 Meridian. 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, Timothy J Landon, and Wallace E Jr Boston.
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APEI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund.
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One share of APEI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.48.

American Public Education has a market capitalization of $531.75 million and generates $321.79 million in revenue each year. The company earns $18.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis.

American Public Education employs 2,940 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Public Education is www.apei.com.

American Public Education is headquartered at 111 W CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV, 25414.

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]