American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.09 EPS

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.09, Zacks reports. American Public Education had a net margin of 2.64% and a return on equity of 6.96%. The firm had revenue of $164.11 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.70 million. American Public Education updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.090-0.170 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

American Public Education Stock Performance

American Public Education stock traded down $0.72 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $22.78. The stock had a trading volume of 120,912 shares, compared to its average volume of 166,634. The company has a 50-day moving average of $21.37 and a two-hundred day moving average of $18.65. The company has a quick ratio of 2.65, a current ratio of 2.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. American Public Education has a fifty-two week low of $11.43 and a fifty-two week high of $25.60. The company has a market cap of $403.51 million, a PE ratio of 40.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.30.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

APEI has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Truist Financial raised their price objective on American Public Education from $20.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday. Barrington Research reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $24.00 price target on shares of American Public Education in a research report on Friday. StockNews.com raised shares of American Public Education from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday. Finally, William Blair upgraded shares of American Public Education from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, American Public Education currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $24.33.

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About American Public Education

American Public Education, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides online and campus-based postsecondary education and career learning in the United States. It operates through three segments: American Public University System, Rasmussen University, and Hondros College of Nursing. The company offers 184 degree programs and 134 certificate programs in various fields of study, including nursing, national security, military studies, intelligence, homeland security, business, health science, information technology, justice studies, education, and liberal arts; and career learning opportunities in leadership, finance, human resources, and other fields of study critical to the federal government workforce.