Brokerages Set American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) Target Price at $59.13

Shares of American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) have received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eight brokerages that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $59.1250.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on APEI shares. Weiss Ratings raised shares of American Public Education from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Barrington Research upped their price target on shares of American Public Education from $56.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. William Blair set a $58.00 price target on shares of American Public Education in a research report on Friday, March 13th. B. Riley Financial upped their price target on shares of American Public Education from $67.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of American Public Education from $38.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th.

American Public Education Price Performance

American Public Education stock opened at $54.51 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $999.71 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.98. American Public Education has a 1 year low of $27.74 and a 1 year high of $61.59. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $54.24 and a two-hundred day moving average of $48.58.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.33. American Public Education had a net margin of 6.13% and a return on equity of 14.02%. The firm had revenue of $174.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.73 million. American Public Education has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.340-0.390 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that American Public Education will post 2.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at American Public Education

In related news, SVP Thomas Beckett sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.00, for a total transaction of $108,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 52,172 shares in the company, valued at $2,817,288. The trade was a 3.69% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 10.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of APEI. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in shares of American Public Education by 4.3% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 9,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $209,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of American Public Education by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 538,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,018,000 after acquiring an additional 21,079 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in shares of American Public Education by 7.4% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 97,294 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,172,000 after acquiring an additional 6,671 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of American Public Education by 9.3% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,495 shares of the company’s stock worth $259,000 after acquiring an additional 720 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in shares of American Public Education by 40.5% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,914 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,000 after acquiring an additional 552 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.62% of the company’s stock.

American Public Education Company Profile

American Public Education, Inc operates as a provider of online postsecondary education, offering degree and certificate programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, American Public University System (APUS). The company designs and delivers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as business administration, information technology, criminal justice, homeland security, health sciences, and education. Its curriculum is developed to meet the needs of working adults, military personnel, veterans and civilian students seeking flexible, career-relevant learning opportunities.

APUS is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and employs a proprietary online learning platform that supports asynchronous instruction, digital course materials and interactive learning tools.