At the time of writing, American Public Education Inc [APEI] stock is trading at $35.17, down -0.65%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The APEI shares have gain 1.79% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.81%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ: APEI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 09, 2025, when DA Davidson initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $40. Previously, Northland Capital started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on June 18, 2025, and set its price target to $36. On April 25, 2025, Lake Street initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $30 on the stock. William Blair upgraded its rating to a Outperform. Truist started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on May 26, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $6. In a note dated April 06, 2021, Truist initiated a Buy rating and provided a target price of $43 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of American Public Education Inc fluctuated between $18.60 and $39.83. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $37 within the next 12 months. American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ: APEI] shares were valued at $35.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 5.2% based on the average APEI price forecast.
Analyzing the APEI fundamentals
According to American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ:APEI], the company’s sales were 654.64M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 6.59% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.52% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.1. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.72.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 33.74 points at the first support level, and at 32.31 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 37.96, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 40.76.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ:APEI] has a current ratio of 2.84. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.84, while the Cash Ratio is 2.13. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.97, the price to book ratio is 2.28 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Fernandes Nuno S., President, APUS, that happened on Nov 12 ’25 when 5500.0 shares were sold. SVP, Chief HR Officer, Axenson Tanya Joy completed a deal on Nov 12 ’25 to sell 10363.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Axenson Tanya Joy bought 10363.0 shares on Nov 12 ’25.
