American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

American Public Education Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover American Public Education stock have a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $40.57, which forecasts a 8.27% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $37 and the highest is $46.

Price Target: $40.57 (+8.27%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$37	$40.57	$40	$46
Change	-1.25%	+8.27%	+6.75%	+22.76%

* Price targets were last updated on Nov 24, 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	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	2	2	3	3	4	4
Buy	3	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	6	6	7	7	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Tom White DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy Maintains $41 → $43	Strong Buy	Maintains	$41 → $43	+14.76%	Nov 24, 2025
Eric Martinuzzi Lake Street	Lake Street	Strong Buy Maintains $38 → $40	Strong Buy	Maintains	$38 → $40	+6.75%	Nov 21, 2025
Jasper Bibb Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $35 → $38	Hold	Maintains	$35 → $38	+1.41%	Nov 21, 2025
Jasper Bibb Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $30 → $35	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $35	-6.59%	Nov 12, 2025
Tom White DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy Maintains $40 → $41	Strong Buy	Maintains	$40 → $41	+9.42%	Nov 11, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

655.09M

Increased by 4.89%

from 624.56M

Revenue Next Year

699.02M

Increased by 6.71%

from 655.09M

EPS This Year

1.09

Increased by 98.40%

from 0.55

EPS Next Year

2.23

Increased by 104.59%

from 1.09

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	655.09M	699.02M
Revenue Growth	12.41%	30.15%	44.78%	-0.95%	4.00%	4.89%	6.71%
EPS	1.25	0.97	-6.10	-2.94	0.55	1.09	2.23
EPS Growth	101.61%	-22.40%	-	-	-	98.40%	104.59%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	34.34	16.78
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	676.0M	738.2M
Avg	655.1M	699.0M
Low	627.7M	653.8M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	8.2%	12.7%
Avg	4.9%	6.7%
Low	0.5%	-0.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	1.19	2.50
Avg	1.09	2.23
Low	0.98	1.97

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	115.7%	129.0%
Avg	98.4%	104.6%
Low	78.2%	80.5%

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.