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APEI
↓ PDF (Pro)American Public Education Inc. Common Stock
Consumer DefensiveEducation & Training ServicesUnited StatesNASDAQ
$55.95
-3.73%today
MKT CAP
$1.0B
-2.4% · 1Y
Earnings History
+106.0%
+294.0%
+144.9%
+63.3%
Q1 '25
Q2 '25
Q3 '25
Q4 '25
Analyst Targets
Current price
$55.95
Low
$55.00
Analyst Mean
$59.00
High
$67.00
6 analystsStrong Buy
Full Financials
Trailing P/E39.1x
Forward P/E14.6x
EV/EBITDA-
Price/Sales-
Dividend Yield-
Revenue Growth YoY-
Earnings Growth YoY-
Revenue Growth QoQ-3.0%
5y Revenue CAGR+2.3%
5y Earnings CAGR-
Gross Margin-
Operating Margin-
Net Margin-
ROE-
Debt / Equity-
Free Cash Flow-
Insider Ownership5.3%
Institutional Ownership109.6%
Short % of Float14.50%
Days to Cover6.3d
1 Week+1.0%
1 Month-
3 Months-
6 Months-
YTD-
1 Year-
3 Years-
5 Years-
vs 50-day SMA-
vs 200-day SMA-
vs 52w High-
vs 52w Low-
Insider Transactions
| Filer | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIANKO DANIEL S | Director | Stock | 1,107 | $57.50 | $0.06M | 2026-04-01 |
| 325 CAPITAL L.L.C. | Unknown | Sale | 160,512 | $53.74 | $8.73M | 2026-03-20 |
| FERNANDES NUNO S | Officer | Sale | 1,100 | $54.08 | $0.06M | 2026-03-19 |
| 325 CAPITAL L.L.C. | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | Sale | 184,259 | $55.41 | $10.24M | 2026-03-18 |
| GAFFNEY KARMELA | Officer | Sale | 2,700 | $55.87 | $0.15M | 2026-03-17 |
Top Holders
| Holder | Type | % Held | Value | Δ Shares | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | institution | 9.08% | $0.09B | +336.70% | 2025-12-31 |
| 325 Capital Llc | institution | 8.30% | $0.09B | +0.00% | 2025-12-31 |
| Blackrock Inc. | institution | 8.15% | $0.08B | -3.76% | 2025-12-31 |
| Vanguard Group Inc | institution | 6.19% | $0.06B | +4.80% | 2025-12-31 |
| Renaissance Technologies, LLC | institution | 5.23% | $0.05B | +3.74% | 2025-12-31 |
| No Street GP LP | institution | 5.02% | $0.05B | +12.80% | 2025-12-31 |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | institution | 4.66% | $0.05B | +0.00% | 2025-12-31 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | institution | 4.60% | $0.05B | +1.84% | 2025-12-31 |
| Bank of America Corporation | institution | 4.14% | $0.04B | -1.43% | 2025-12-31 |
| American Century Companies Inc | institution | 3.44% | $0.04B | +3.46% | 2025-12-31 |
| American Century ETF Trust-Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | fund | 2.97% | $0.03B | +1.18% | 2026-03-31 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | fund | 2.62% | $0.03B | +6.34% | 2025-12-31 |
| Fidelity Securities Fund-Fidelity Small Cap Value Fund | fund | 2.36% | $0.02B | +100.00% | 2026-02-28 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF | fund | 2.31% | $0.02B | -0.32% | 2026-03-31 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund | fund | 1.07% | $0.01B | +5.93% | 2025-12-31 |
| ROYCE FUND-Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund | fund | 1.05% | $0.01B | +8.20% | 2025-12-31 |
| Fidelity Salem Street Trust-Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund | fund | 0.92% | $0.01B | +0.75% | 2026-02-28 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF | fund | 0.73% | $0.01B | -3.19% | 2026-03-31 |
| DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC-U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio | fund | 0.71% | $0.01B | +0.00% | 2026-01-31 |
| Columbia Funds Series Trust I-Columbia Small Cap Value Discovery Fund | fund | 0.60% | $0.01B | +2.90% | 2026-01-31 |
| Ticker | Cap | Score | P/E | Fwd P/E | EV/EBITDA | ROE | Gross | D/E | Div |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUR | $1.0B | 80 | - | 11.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| PXED | $1.1B | 100 | 11.2 | 6.3 | - | - | - | - | 274.00% |
| AFYA | $1.3B | 100 | 8.3 | 6.5 | - | - | - | - | 472.00% |
| LINC | $1.4B | 13 | 68.9 | 41.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| DAO | $1.4B | 24 | 90.4 | 29.9 | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| MH | $2.2B | 100 | - | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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