{"id":34754,"date":"2022-08-13T13:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=34754"},"modified":"2022-08-13T13:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T13:34:52","slug":"american-public-education-nasdaqapei-price-target-cut-to-15-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/american-public-education-nasdaqapei-price-target-cut-to-15-00\/","title":{"rendered":"American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) Price Target Cut to $15.00"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- start main text --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/scripts\/TextAdNewsSites.ashx?color=e64c3c\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"35\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Advertisement\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" width=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanbankingnews.com\/wp-content\/timthumb\/timthumb.php?w=250&amp;h=150&amp;zc=2&amp;src=https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/logos\/american-public-education-logo.png\" alt=\"American Public Education logo\" title=\"American Public Education\" class=\"companylogo\"\/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">American Public Education (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/stocks\/NASDAQ\/APEI\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ:APEI<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=APEI&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=APEI&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Rating<\/a>)<\/span> had its price target reduced by equities researchers at Barrington Research  from $20.00 to $15.00 in a report released on Thursday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">MarketBeat<\/a> reports. The firm currently has an \u201coutperform\u201d rating on the stock. Barrington Research\u2019s target price would indicate a potential upside of 15.38% from the company\u2019s current price.<\/p>\n<p>A number of other research firms have also issued reports on APEI. <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:bold\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=APEI&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=APEI&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">StockNews.com<\/a> upgraded shares of American Public Education from a \u201chold\u201d rating to a \u201cbuy\u201d rating in a research note on Monday, May 23rd. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of American Public Education from $26.00 to $21.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 12th.<\/p>\n<h2>American Public Education Price Performance<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/stocks\/NASDAQ\/APEI\/price-target\/\" rel=\"noopener\">APEI<\/a> opened at $13.00 on Thursday. American Public Education has a 1 year low of $12.07 and a 1 year high of $28.16. The company\u2019s 50 day simple moving average is $15.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a current ratio of 2.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $245.13 million, a PE ratio of -2.57, a P\/E\/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.47. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/marketbeat.com\/scripts\/336x280AdNewsSites.ashx\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"no\" title=\"Offer\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>                 American Public Education (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketbeat.com\/stocks\/NASDAQ\/APEI\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ:APEI<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=APEI&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=APEI&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Rating<\/a>) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 9th. The company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $1.78. American Public Education had a negative net margin of 17.17% and a positive return on equity of 2.66%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.03 EPS.  As a group, sell-side analysts expect that  American Public Education will post 0.66 EPS for the current year. <\/p>\n<h2>Hedge Funds Weigh In On American Public Education<\/h2>\n<p>Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its holdings in  American Public Education by 5.5% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 55,561 shares of the company\u2019s stock worth $898,000 after purchasing an additional 2,919 shares during the period.  Trexquant Investment LP acquired a new stake in  American Public Education in the second quarter worth about $365,000.  JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. lifted its holdings in  American Public Education by 2.6% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. now owns 38,007 shares of the company\u2019s stock worth $614,000 after purchasing an additional 951 shares during the period.  Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in  American Public Education by 96.3% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 10,015 shares of the company\u2019s stock worth $161,000 after purchasing an additional 4,912 shares during the period.  Finally, Foundry Partners LLC lifted its holdings in  American Public Education by 36.9% in the second quarter. Foundry Partners LLC now owns 136,794 shares of the company\u2019s stock worth $2,211,000 after purchasing an additional 36,900 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own  96.55% of the company\u2019s stock. <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"display:inline-block\">American Public Education Company Profile<\/h2>\n<p> (<a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:normal;text-decoration:italic;color:green\" href=\"https:\/\/report.stocknews.com\/sign-up\/ticker\/?ticker=APEI&amp;lead_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_source=marketbeat_snra&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=ticker&amp;utm_term=APEI&amp;utm_content=text_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Rating<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>American Public Education, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides online and campus-based postsecondary education. The company operates through three segments: American Public University System, Rasmussen University, and Hondros College of Nursing. It offers 130 degree programs and 111 certificate programs in various fields of study, including business administration, health science, technology, criminal justice, education, and liberal arts, as well as national security, military studies, intelligence, and homeland security.<\/p>\n<h2>Featured Articles<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t \t<!-- end inline unit --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- end main text --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Invalidate Article --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- End Invalidate --><\/p>\n<p><!--Begin Footer Opt-In--><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both\"><strong>Receive News &amp; Ratings for American Public Education Daily<\/strong> &#8211; Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts&#8217; ratings for American Public Education and related companies with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseworld.net\/daily-email-updates-basic\/?symbol=NASDAQ:APEI&amp;c=American+Public+Education\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold\">MarketBeat.com&#8217;s FREE daily email newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- End Footer Opt-In --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseworld.net\/2022\/08\/13\/american-public-education-nasdaqapei-price-target-cut-to-15-00.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI \u2013 Get Rating) had its price target reduced by equities&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34756,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34754\/revisions\/34756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}