Overview
APEI market data
Price History
APEI price chart
Valuation & Profitability
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.45 Trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio. Higher means the market is pricing in more growth. Negative or missing when earnings are negative.
- Forward P/E
- — P/E based on consensus forward EPS estimates. Lower versus trailing implies expected earnings growth.
- EPS (TTM)
- $1.69 Diluted earnings per share over the trailing twelve months.
- Beta
- 1.39 Volatility relative to the index. 1.00 equals market, above 1 amplifies the broad-market move, below 1 dampens it.
- Dividend Yield
- 0.2% Annual dividend per share divided by current price. Zero or blank when the company does not pay a dividend.
- Profit Margin
- 6.1% Net income divided by revenue. Comparable within a sector, less so across sectors.
- 52w range
- $27.74 – $61.59 Lowest and highest closing prices over the past 52 weeks.
- Analyst Target
- — Mean of sell-side analyst 12-month price targets. Use as a sentiment gauge; targets are biased upward in aggregate.
Display-only. Refreshed once per symbol per 24 hours · market cap $825.9M · P/B 2.32 · P/S 1.25.
Company News
Lake Street Maintains Buy on APEI, Raises Price Target to $64Benzinga · Aug 11, 2026, 6:58 PM
American Public Education shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results and issued Q3 guidance above estimates. Also, the company raised its FY26 sales guidance.Benzinga · Aug 11, 2026, 12:58 PM
UPDATE: APEI Sees FY2026 GAAP EPS $2.48-$2.79 vs $2.53 Est; Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $686.000M-$696.000M to $690.000M-$698.000M vs $691.230M EstBenzinga · Aug 10, 2026, 8:17 PM
APEI Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $686.000M-$696.000M to $690.000M-$698.000M vs $691.230M EstBenzinga · Aug 10, 2026, 8:15 PM
American Public Education Sees Q3 GAAP EPS $0.18-$0.29 vs $0.49 Est; Sees Sales $164.500M-$167.000M vs $170.209M EstBenzinga · Aug 10, 2026, 8:14 PM
8-K filing — AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC (APEI)SEC EDGAR · Aug 10, 2026, 8:12 PM
American Public Education Q2 EPS $0.52 Beats $0.36 Estimate, Sales $171.731M Beat $170.884M EstimateBenzinga · Aug 10, 2026, 8:10 PM