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 "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $38, which forecasts a 8.66% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $30 and the highest is $46.

Price Target: $38 (+8.66%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$30	$38	$40	$46
Change	-14.21%	+8.66%	+14.38%	+31.54%

* Price targets were last updated on Sep 25, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for American Public Education stock is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25
Strong Buy	2	2	2	2	3	3
Buy	2	3	3	3	3	3
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	6	6	6	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Luke Horton Northland Capital Markets	Northland Capital Markets	Buy Maintains $38 → $46	Buy	Maintains	$38 → $46	+31.54%	Sep 25, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $36 → $40	Buy	Maintains	$36 → $40	+14.38%	Sep 23, 2025
Tom White DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy Initiates $40	Strong Buy	Initiates	$40	+14.38%	Sep 9, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $32 → $36	Buy	Maintains	$32 → $36	+2.95%	Aug 11, 2025
Raj Sharma B. Riley Securities	B. Riley Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $36 → $37	Strong Buy	Maintains	$36 → $37	+5.80%	Aug 7, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

661.42M

Increased by 5.90%

from 624.56M

Revenue Next Year

698.17M

Increased by 5.56%

from 661.42M

EPS This Year

1.01

Increased by 83.74%

from 0.55

EPS Next Year

2.15

Increased by 112.91%

from 1.01

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	661.42M	698.17M
Revenue Growth	12.41%	30.15%	44.78%	-0.95%	4.00%	5.90%	5.56%
EPS	1.25	0.97	-6.10	-2.94	0.55	1.01	2.15
EPS Growth	101.61%	-22.40%	-	-	-	83.74%	112.91%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	34.60	16.25
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	692.8M	725.6M
Avg	661.4M	698.2M
Low	612.5M	666.4M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	10.9%	9.7%
Avg	5.9%	5.6%
Low	-1.9%	0.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	1.27	2.61
Avg	1.01	2.15
Low	0.42	1.72

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	131.0%	158.7%
Avg	83.7%	112.9%
Low	-23.4%	69.7%

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.