Apei (APEI) closed at $48.56 on October 20, 2026, down 1.6% from the previous close, on volume of 121,316 shares (30-day average 242,482).
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American Public Education Inc provides online and campus based 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, provides online postsecondary education as a distance-learning, graduate-level institution for military officers seeking a degree in military studies; 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.
Apei trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol APEI.
As of October 20, 2026, APEI stock price declined to $48.56 with 121,316 million shares trading.
APEI has a beta of -0.01, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. APEI has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.
APEI has a market cap of $888.72 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.
Last quarter Apei reported $172 million in Revenue and $.52 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $869,688 and exceeded earnings estimates by $.07.
In the last 3 years, APEI traded as high as $61.59 and as low as $4.05.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that APEI belongs to (by Net Assets): AVUV, IWM, VTI, DFAT, VXF.
APEI has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +29.4% while the SPY ETF gained +15.7%. However, in the short term, APEI had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -1.4% vs +3.9% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, APEI shares have fared better than the market returning +5.1% compared to SPY -1.3%.
APEI support price is $48.17 and resistance is $50.53 (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 shares will trade within this expected range on the day.