American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

American Public Education Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts that cover American Public Education stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $31.6, which forecasts a 8.07% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $25 and the highest is $36.

Price Target: $31.6 (+8.07%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$25	$31.6	$32	$36
Change	-14.50%	+8.07%	+9.44%	+23.12%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for American Public Education stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	2	2	2
Buy	1	1	2	2	2	3
Hold	2	2	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	4	5	5	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Luke Horton Northland Capital Markets	Northland Capital Markets	Buy Initiates $36	Buy	Initiates	$36	+23.12%	Jun 18, 2025
Jasper Bibb Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $24 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$24 → $30	+2.60%	May 14, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $24 → $32	Buy	Maintains	$24 → $32	+9.44%	May 13, 2025
Eric Martinuzzi Lake Street	Lake Street	Strong Buy Maintains $30 → $35	Strong Buy	Maintains	$30 → $35	+19.70%	May 13, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $24	Buy	Maintains	$24	-17.92%	Apr 30, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

669.04M

Increased by 7.12%

from 624.56M

Revenue Next Year

696.93M

Increased by 4.17%

from 669.04M

EPS This Year

1.38

Increased by 151.75%

from 0.55

EPS Next Year

2.12

Increased by 53.22%

from 1.38

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	321.79M	418.80M	606.33M	600.55M	624.56M	669.04M	696.93M
Revenue Growth	12.41%	30.15%	44.78%	-0.95%	4.00%	7.12%	4.17%
EPS	1.25	0.97	-6.10	-2.94	0.55	1.38	2.12
EPS Growth	101.61%	-22.40%	-	-	-	151.75%	53.22%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	21.12	13.78
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	691.7M	724.4M
Avg	669.0M	696.9M
Low	639.9M	666.1M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	10.8%	8.3%
Avg	7.1%	4.2%
Low	2.5%	-0.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	1.50	2.60
Avg	1.38	2.12
Low	1.22	1.86

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	173.0%	88.1%
Avg	151.8%	53.2%
Low	120.9%	34.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.