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 $52.14, which forecasts a -13.96% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $37 and the highest is $58.

Price Target: $52.14 (-13.96%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$37	$52.14	$56	$58
Change	-38.94%	-13.96%	-7.59%	-4.29%

* Price targets were last updated on Mar 16, 2026.

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	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	4	4	4	4	4	4
Buy	3	3	3	3	2	2
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8	8	8	8	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Tom White DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy Maintains $48 → $58	Strong Buy	Maintains	$48 → $58	-4.29%	Mar 16, 2026
Jasper Bibb Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $38 → $55	Hold	Maintains	$38 → $55	-9.24%	Mar 16, 2026
Alexander Paris Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $51 → $56	Buy	Maintains	$51 → $56	-7.59%	Mar 13, 2026
Eric Martinuzzi Lake Street	Lake Street	Strong Buy Maintains $47 → $56	Strong Buy	Maintains	$47 → $56	-7.59%	Mar 13, 2026
Griffin Boss B. Riley Securities	B. Riley Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $53 → $57	Strong Buy	Maintains	$53 → $57	-5.94%	Mar 13, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

703.83M

Increased by 8.47%

from 648.86M

Revenue Next Year

753.07M

Increased by 7.00%

from 703.83M

EPS This Year

2.56

Increased by 88.39%

from 1.36

EPS Next Year

3.17

Increased by 23.74%

from 2.56

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	418.80M	606.33M	600.55M	624.56M	648.86M	703.83M	753.07M
Revenue Growth	30.15%	44.78%	-0.95%	4.00%	3.89%	8.47%	7.00%
EPS	0.97	-6.10	-2.94	0.55	1.36	2.56	3.17
EPS Growth	-22.40%	-	-	-	147.27%	88.39%	23.74%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.65	19.11
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	10	9

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	727.1M	800.0M
Avg	703.8M	753.1M
Low	671.3M	709.3M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	12.1%	13.7%
Avg	8.5%	7.0%
Low	3.5%	0.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	3.09	3.91
Avg	2.56	3.17
Low	2.30	2.56

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	127.0%	52.5%
Avg	88.4%	23.7%
Low	69.3%	-0.2%

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.