American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) Updates 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on APEI. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of American Public Education from $15.00 to $20.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $24.00 price objective on shares of American Public Education in a research note on Friday. William Blair raised shares of American Public Education from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of American Public Education from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $23.00.

American Public Education Trading Up 22.1 %

Shares of APEI opened at $23.50 on Friday. American Public Education has a 1-year low of $11.43 and a 1-year high of $25.60. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $21.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $18.53. The stock has a market cap of $416.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 2.65 and a quick 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.