American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

American Public Education Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for American Public Education stock have an average target of 24.33, with a low estimate of 24 and a high estimate of 25. The average target predicts an increase of 7.56% from the current stock price of 22.62.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$24	$24.33	$24	$25
Change	+6.10%	+7.56%	+6.10%	+10.52%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for American Public Education stock from 4 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	2
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	4	4	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jasper Bibb Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $20 → $24	Hold	Maintains	$20 → $24	+6.10%	Mar 10, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $24	Buy	Maintains	$24	+6.10%	Mar 7, 2025
Stephen Sheldon William Blair	William Blair	Hold → Buy Upgrades n/a	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	n/a	n/a	Mar 7, 2025
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $24	Buy	Maintains	$24	+6.10%	Feb 24, 2025
Jasper Bibb Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $15 → $20	Hold	Maintains	$15 → $20	-11.58%	Nov 14, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

668.10M

Increased by 6.97%

from 624.56M

Revenue Next Year

689.86M

Increased by 3.26%

from 668.10M

EPS This Year

1.29

Increased by 134.91%

from 0.55

EPS Next Year

1.84

Increased by 42.10%

from 1.29

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	668.10M	689.86M
Revenue Growth	12.41%	30.15%	44.78%	-0.95%	4.00%	6.97%	3.26%
EPS	1.25	0.97	-6.10	-2.94	0.55	1.29	1.84
EPS Growth	101.61%	-22.40%	-	-	-	134.91%	42.10%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.51	12.32
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	687.8M	720.3M
Avg	668.1M	689.9M
Low	641.9M	656.6M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	10.1%	7.8%
Avg	7.0%	3.3%
Low	2.8%	-1.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	1.49	2.60
Avg	1.29	1.84
Low	1.17	1.39

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	171.1%	101.5%
Avg	134.9%	42.1%
Low	112.0%	7.7%

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.