American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) SVP Sells $108,000.00 in Stock

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) SVP Thomas Beckett sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.00, for a total value of $108,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 52,172 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,817,288. This trade represents a 3.69% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

American Public Education Trading Up 2.7%

NASDAQ APEI opened at $53.53 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $981.74 million, a P/E ratio of 28.32, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.38. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $54.30 and its two-hundred day moving average is $48.44. American Public Education, Inc. has a 12 month low of $27.74 and a 12 month high of $61.59.

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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that American Public Education, Inc. will post 2.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On American Public Education

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Valley National Advisers Inc. purchased a new position in shares of American Public Education in the 4th quarter valued at about $39,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in American Public Education by 5,909.5% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 1,262 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 1,241 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in American Public Education by 84.1% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,616 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after acquiring an additional 738 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in 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. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in shares of American Public Education by 96.5% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 2,643 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,000 after purchasing an additional 1,298 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

APEI has been the topic of several research analyst reports. B. Riley Financial boosted their price objective on American Public Education from $67.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Barrington Research lifted their target price on American Public Education from $56.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Zacks Research lowered shares of American Public Education from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $64.00 price target on shares of American Public Education in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of American Public Education from $38.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $59.12.

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.