American Public Education - APEI Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Public Education in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" APEI shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for American Public Education's stock. Their APEI share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $16.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $15.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price.
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American Public Education's stock was trading at $22.25 at the start of the year. Since then, APEI stock has decreased by 38.4% and is now trading at $13.71.
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American Public Education saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 525,300 shares, a decrease of 39.1% from the October 31st total of 862,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 267,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 1st 2023.
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American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 8th. The company reported ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.25) by $0.05. The company earned $149.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $146.63 million. American Public Education had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.87% and a negative net margin of 16.30%.

American Public Education issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -$0.20--$0.13 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.07. The company issued revenue guidance of $151.20 million-$154.20 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $154.47 million.

10 employees have rated American Public Education Chief Executive Officer Angela Selden on Glassdoor.com. Angela Selden has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Angela Selden in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 90.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at American Public Education to a friend.

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

American Public Education's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.58%), Systematic Financial Management LP (5.86%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.68%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.67%) and State Street Corp (2.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Barbara Fast, Eric C Andersen, Jean C Halle, Katherine H Zatz, Robert E Gay, Thomas Beckett, Timothy J Landon and Wallace E Jr Boston.
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Shares of APEI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of APEI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.71.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) has a market capitalization of $259.01 million and generates $418.80 million in revenue each year. The company earns $17.75 million in net income (profit) each year or ($5.24) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

American Public Education's mailing address is 111 W CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV, 25414. The official website for the company is www.apei.com. The company can be reached via phone at (304) 724-3700, via email at csymanoskie@apei.com, or via fax at 877-468-6268.