American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)
NASDAQ: APEI · Real-Time Price · USD
23.75
-1.20 (-4.81%)
Apr 29, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed

American Public Education Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for American Public Education stock have an average target of 25.75, with a low estimate of 24 and a high estimate of 30. The average target predicts an increase of 8.42% from the current stock price of 23.75.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy
Target Low Average Median High
Price $24 $25.75 $25 $30
Change +1.05% +8.42% +5.26% +26.32%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for American Public Education stock from 5 stock analysts 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 Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25
Strong Buy 111112
Buy 111122
Hold 222211
Sell 000000
Strong Sell 000000
Total 444445

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
Lake Street
Lake Street
Strong Buy
Initiates
$30
Strong Buy Initiates $30 +26.32% Apr 25, 2025
Truist Securities
Truist Securities
Hold
Maintains
$20$24
Hold Maintains $20$24 +1.05% Mar 10, 2025
Barrington Research
Barrington Research
Buy
Maintains
$24
Buy Maintains $24 +1.05% Mar 7, 2025
William Blair
William Blair
Buy
Upgrades
n/a
Buy Upgrades n/a n/a Mar 7, 2025
Barrington Research
Barrington Research
Buy
Maintains
$24
Buy Maintains $24 +1.05% Feb 24, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
668.10M
from 624.56M
Increased by 6.97%
Revenue Next Year
689.86M
from 668.10M
Increased by 3.26%
EPS This Year
1.29
from 0.55
Increased by 134.91%
EPS Next Year
1.84
from 1.29
Increased by 42.10%
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
321.79M418.80M606.33M600.55M624.56M668.10M689.86M
Revenue Growth
12.41%30.15%44.78%-0.95%4.00%6.97%3.26%
EPS
1.250.97-6.10-2.940.551.291.84
EPS Growth
101.61%-22.40%---134.91%42.10%
Forward PE
-----18.3812.94
No. Analysts
-----55
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 20252026
High 687.8M 720.3M
Avg 668.1M 689.9M
Low 641.9M 656.6M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 20252026
High
10.1%
7.8%
Avg
7.0%
3.3%
Low
2.8%
-1.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS 20252026
High 1.49 2.60
Avg 1.29 1.84
Low 1.17 1.39

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 20252026
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.