American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.090-0.170 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.350. The company issued revenue guidance of $161.0 million-$163.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $162.8 million. American Public Education also updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

APEI has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $24.00 target price on shares of American Public Education in a report on Monday, February 24th. B. Riley boosted their price target on American Public Education from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com raised American Public Education from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Truist Financial boosted their target price on American Public Education from $15.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, William Blair raised American Public Education from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, American Public Education has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $23.00.

American Public Education Stock Down 5.1 %

APEI opened at $19.25 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $21.40 and a 200-day moving average of $18.53. The company has a market capitalization of $340.96 million, a P/E ratio of 34.38, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.30. American Public Education has a fifty-two week low of $11.43 and a fifty-two week high of $23.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 2.65 and a current ratio of 2.65.

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.