American Public Education, Inc.

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48.15+0.28 (+0.58%)today

At close: Oct 12, 4:00 PM EDT · May be delayed up to 15 min · USD

After hours48.150.00 (0.00%)Oct 12, 4:04 PM EDT

Key statistics

Previous close47.87

Open47.90

Day range47.7048.21

52-week range30.2061.59

Off day high−0.12%

Off 52-week high−21.82%

Volume125.75K

Avg. volume (3M)298.78K

Market cap881.22M

EPS (TTM)2.48

Forward P/E12.81

P/E ratio (TTM)19.42

Dividend yield—

Beta (5Y)—

Shares outstanding18.30M

Short interest—

Earnings dateAug 10, 2026 (est.)

Analyst target—

Profit margin—

Against its peers

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	APEI	PRDO	STRA	LGCY	PXED	MH
Market cap	881.22M	2.11B	1.82B	132.10M	877.75M	2.60B
P/E (TTM)	19.4	12.3	13.7	15.6	10.5	28.3
Forward P/E	12.8	10.2	9.7	20.6	5.3	6.5
Price/book	2.8	2.0	1.1	2.5	2.7	3.3
Dividend yield	—	2.02%	2.91%	—	3.23%	—
1-year change	+24.52%	−2.29%	+5.00%	+8.95%	−30.14%	+8.70%
Today	+0.58%	+0.06%	−0.53%	+0.78%	−6.38%	+1.57%

The closest companies by business and industry (Education & Training Services). Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

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The businesses closest to American Public Education's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company	Mkt cap	Price	Today
Perdoceo Education CorporationPRDO · Education & Training Services	2.11B	33.73	+0.06%
Strategic Education, Inc.STRA · Education & Training Services	1.82B	81.95	−0.53%
Legacy Education Inc.LGCY · Education & Training Services	132.10M	10.31	+0.78%
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · Education & Training Services	877.75M	24.35	−6.38%
McGraw Hill, Inc.MH · Education & Training Services	2.60B	13.58	+1.57%
Stride, Inc.LRN · Education & Training Services	3.51B	84.43	−1.36%
Coursera, Inc.COUR · Education & Training Services	1.45B	5.07	−1.74%
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.LOPE · Education & Training Services	4.18B	160.28	+0.30%

Other companies in Education & Training Services, closest in size first.

Company	Mkt cap	Price	Today
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · Phoenix, AZ	877.75M	24.35	−6.38%
Lincoln Educational Services CorporationLINC · Parsippany, NJ	749.58M	23.63	+0.60%
Universal Technical Institute, Inc.UTI · Phoenix, AZ	1.15B	20.86	+1.07%
Gaotu Techedu Inc.GOTU · Beijing, China	667.56M	2.8400	+3.27%
Afya LimitedAFYA · Belo Horizonte, MG	1.31B	14.85	+0.68%
Coursera, Inc.COUR · Mountain View, CA	1.45B	5.07	−1.74%
Strategic Education, Inc.STRA · Herndon, VA	1.82B	81.95	−0.53%
Youdao, Inc.DAO · Hangzhou, China	2.12B	17.55	+0.86%

Consumer Defensive companies of a similar market value (877.38M).

Company	Mkt cap	Price	Today
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · Education & Training Services	877.75M	24.35	−6.38%
The Simply Good Foods CompanySMPL · Packaged Foods	922.44M	10.43	+2.46%
Westrock Coffee CompanyWEST · Packaged Foods	787.85M	8.07	−1.34%
Oddity Tech Ltd.ODD · Household & Personal Products	995.37M	21.58	+2.23%
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.JBSS · Packaged Foods	787.67M	67.36	+0.54%
BellRing Brands, Inc.BRBR · Packaged Foods	998.83M	8.59	+0.47%
Mission Produce, Inc.AVO · Food Distribution	1.01B	11.56	−1.49%
Lincoln Educational Services CorporationLINC · Education & Training Services	749.58M	23.63	+0.60%

Also based in Charles Town, West Virginia, then elsewhere in West Virginia.

Company	Mkt cap	Price	Today
United Bankshares, Inc.UBSI · Charleston, WV	6.25B	45.88	+0.91%
WesBanco, Inc.WSBC · Wheeling, WV	3.54B	36.86	+0.74%
City Holding CompanyCHCO · Charleston, WV	1.97B	139.94	−0.02%
MVB Financial Corp.MVBF · Fairmont, WV	378.18M	29.21	+1.04%
Infinity Natural Resources, Inc.INR · Morgantown, WV	252.04M	13.52	+1.35%
Energy Services of America CorporationESOA · Huntington, WV	191.82M	10.28	−1.15%

Companies that serve the same markets: defense, education.

Company	Mkt cap	Price	Today
VirTra, Inc.VTSI · defense · education	30.00M	2.6500	−1.49%
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.TLF · defense · education	20.07M	2.4500	−0.86%
Hyatt Hotels CorporationH · defense · education	15.19B	161.18	−0.47%
Tyson Foods, Inc.TSN · defense · education	18.85B	53.57	+0.26%
US Foods Holding Corp.USFD · defense · education	21.14B	97.70	+0.28%
Cavco Industries, Inc.CVCO · defense · education	4.05B	526.08	−1.19%
VenHub Global, Inc.VHUB · defense · education	40.68M	0.4175	−1.65%
Boxlight CorporationBOXL · defense · education	2.74M	3.2385	−2.75%

The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with American Public Education's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company	Mkt cap	Price	Today
Perdoceo Education CorporationPRDO · Correlation 0.65	2.11B	33.73	+0.06%
Strategic Education, Inc.STRA · Correlation 0.56	1.82B	81.95	−0.53%
Lincoln Educational Services CorporationLINC · Correlation 0.55	749.58M	23.63	+0.60%
Universal Technical Institute, Inc.UTI · Correlation 0.49	1.15B	20.86	+1.07%
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.LOPE · Correlation 0.48	4.18B	160.28	+0.30%

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MarketBeat·6d ago

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) Stock Rating Raised to "Strong-Buy" at DA Davidson

MarketBeat American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) Stock Rating Raised to "Strong-Buy" at DA Davidson - DA Davidson upgraded American Public Education to “strong buy,” although other analysts have issued mixed ratings. The stock has an…

MarketBeat·Oct 2Positive

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) Stock Has Average Target Price of $59.38

marketbeat.com American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) Stock Has Average Target Price of $59.38 - Analysts remain moderately bullish: American Public Education has a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating, with five buys and two holds. The…

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