APEI

NASD American Public Education, Inc.
Oct 2, 2026 · 12:42 PM ET DELAYED Market Open

$43.59 ↑ +0.23 (+0.53%) Trading Up from the previous close of $43.36, $0.88 below the day’s high of $44.47

YTD change
+15.32%
vs 20-day SMA
+0.23%
vs 200-day SMA
-10.75%

Price ranges

Previous day
$42.30 $44.19
open $42.56 close $43.36
+$0.80 (+1.88%)
Today
$43.46 $44.47
open $43.95 now $43.59
-$0.36 (-0.82%)
Past week
$40.06 $44.19
from $42.71 now $43.59
+$0.88 (+2.06%)
Past month
$40.06 $46.18
from $45.75 now $43.59
-$2.16 (-4.72%)
This year
$36.01 $61.59
from $37.80 now $43.59
+$5.79 (+15.32%)

Price & Performance

-14.30 (-24.80%) / 6M

$38.96$46.80$54.64$62.48Apr 2Jul 2Oct 1

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Neutral
  • The stock is 29.2% away from all-time highs of $61.59
  • APEI is up 15% since the beginning of the year
  • APEI is up 12% over the past 12 months
  • APEI is down 5% over the past 1 month
  • 13% of all APEI investors are betting against APEI

APEI reads neutral: price sits above one of the two key moving averages, the 12-month move is +11.0%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $0.52
Earnings momentum -98.1% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -98.1%

Valuation

P/E ratio 17.29
Enterprise value $746.3M
Beta 1.97

Balance sheet & scale

Income$45.7K
Revenue$668.0M
Cash$222.8M
Debt$153.5K
Income / Debt 0.30×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNASD
Sector Educational Services
Industry Group Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Market cap $797.7M

American Public Education, Inc. provides online and on-campus postsecondary education services. It operates through the following segments: American Public University System (APUS), Rasmussen University (RU), and Hondros College of Nursing (HCN). The APUS segment provides online postsecondary educational services. The RU segment provides nursing and health sciences focused on postsecondary educational services. The HCN segment provides nursing educational services. The company was founded by James P. Etter in 1991 and is headquartered in Charles Town, WV.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
LAUR Laureate Education, Inc. $38.00 -0.42%
CVSA Covista Inc. $123.32 +0.92%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $153.71 +1.40%
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B $1,151.29 +1.46%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation $31.82 +2.84%

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