APEI Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (American Public Education | NASDAQ:APEI)

American Public Education Inc provides online and on-campus postsecondary education including various undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The fields of study include business administration, health science, technology, criminal justice, education, liberal arts, national security, military studies, intelligence, and homeland security. There are three reporting segments: the American Public University segment which is the key revenue generator; the Rasmussen University Segment and the Hondros College of Nursing segment. The revenue is generated from net course registrations and enrollment, tuition rate, net tuition, and other fees.

American Public Education trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol APEI.

As of April 19, 2024, APEI stock price climbed to $12.82 with 57,766 million shares trading.

APEI has a beta of 0.46, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. APEI has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

APEI has a market cap of $224.42 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter American Public Education reported $153 million in Revenue and $.76 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $2 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.62.

In the last 3 years, APEI stock traded as high as $34.12 and as low as $3.76.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that APEI belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VXF, AVUV, BSVO, PRFZ.

APEI has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +101.9%, while the SPY ETF gained +21.8%. In the last 3 month period, APEI beat the market returning +14.7%, while SPY returned +4.8%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks APEI has underperformed the stock market by returning -7.1%, while SPY returned -3.0%.

APEI support price is $12.00 and resistance is $12.94 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that APEI stock will trade within this expected range on the day.