American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) - Stock analysts at First Analysis issued their Q2 2017 earnings per share estimates for shares of American Public Education in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday. First Analysis analyst C. Greendale expects that the company will post earnings of $0.23 per share for the quarter. First Analysis also issued estimates for American Public Education’s FY2017 earnings at $1.03 EPS and FY2018 earnings at $0.95 EPS.
American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 9th. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.28. American Public Education had a net margin of 6.01% and a return on equity of 9.07%. The firm had revenue of $75.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $75.24 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.64 earnings per share. American Public Education’s quarterly revenue was down 9.8% on a year-over-year basis.
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Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of American Public Education from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, May 12th. BMO Capital Markets reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $24.00 target price on shares of American Public Education in a research note on Wednesday, May 10th.
Shares of American Public Education (NASDAQ APEI) opened at 22.05 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $357.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.50 and a beta of 1.18. American Public Education has a one year low of $14.75 and a one year high of $30.78. The company has a 50 day moving average of $23.06 and a 200-day moving average of $22.94.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of American Public Education by 110.0% in the first quarter. FMR LLC now owns 630,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,438,000 after buying an additional 330,285 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of American Public Education during the fourth quarter valued at $3,123,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of American Public Education by 8.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,380,390 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,611,000 after buying an additional 103,993 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in shares of American Public Education by 5.1% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,092,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,014,000 after buying an additional 53,210 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guggenheim Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of American Public Education during the fourth quarter valued at $1,231,000. 93.50% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About American Public Education
American Public Education, Inc provides online and on-campus postsecondary education. The Company provides postsecondary education through its subsidiary institutions, American Public University System, Inc (APUS) and Hondros College of Nursing (HCON). It operates through two segments: American Public Education Segment, which consists of the operational activities of APUS, other corporate activities, and minority investments, and Hondros College of Nursing Segment, which consists of the operational activities of HCON.
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