Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Purchases 12,848 Shares of American Public Education, Inc. $APEI

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd boosted its stake in shares of American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) by 57.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 35,323 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 12,848 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in American Public Education were worth $2,009,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of APEI. No Street GP LP bought a new position in American Public Education during the 3rd quarter worth about $32,365,000. Divisadero Street Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of American Public Education during the third quarter valued at about $15,108,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in American Public Education by 1,667.5% in the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 180,835 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,836,000 after acquiring an additional 170,604 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of American Public Education by 122.9% during the third quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 294,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,619,000 after purchasing an additional 162,318 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in American Public Education by 1,025.5% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 130,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,937,000 after buying an additional 118,996 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.62% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. William Blair set a $58.00 price objective on shares of American Public Education in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Truist Financial upped their target price on American Public Education from $38.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 13th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $64.00 target price on shares of American Public Education in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Lake Street Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $62.00 price target on shares of American Public Education in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Barrington Research boosted their price target on shares of American Public Education from $56.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, American Public Education currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $59.12.

Insider Transactions at American Public Education

In other American Public Education news, SVP Thomas Beckett sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.00, for a total value of $108,000.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 52,172 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,817,288. This represents a 3.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 10.60% of the company’s stock.

American Public Education Trading Down 2.2%

Shares of American Public Education stock opened at $58.01 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $53.86 and a 200 day moving average of $49.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a current ratio of 2.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.69, a PEG ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.37. American Public Education, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $27.74 and a fifty-two week high of $61.59.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.33. The company had revenue of $174.74 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.73 million. American Public Education had a return on equity of 14.02% and a net margin of 6.13%.American Public Education has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.340-0.390 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that American Public Education, Inc. will post 2.59 earnings per share for the current year.

American Public Education Company Profile

American Public Education, Inc operates as a provider of online postsecondary education, offering degree and certificate programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, American Public University System (APUS). The company designs and delivers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as business administration, information technology, criminal justice, homeland security, health sciences, and education. Its curriculum is developed to meet the needs of working adults, military personnel, veterans and civilian students seeking flexible, career-relevant learning opportunities.

APUS is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and employs a proprietary online learning platform that supports asynchronous instruction, digital course materials and interactive learning tools.