American Public Education, Inc. $APEI Shares Sold by Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. reduced its holdings in shares of American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI) by 61.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 10,231 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,058 shares during the quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned approximately 0.06% of American Public Education worth $404,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in American Public Education by 5,909.5% during the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 1,262 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 1,241 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in American Public Education by 84.1% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,616 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 738 shares in the last quarter. USA Financial Formulas purchased a new position in shares of American Public Education during the second quarter worth about $58,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of American Public Education by 40.5% during the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,914 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,000 after purchasing an additional 552 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in shares of American Public Education by 96.5% during the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 2,643 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,000 after purchasing an additional 1,298 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on APEI. Lake Street Capital upped their target price on American Public Education from $38.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 21st. B. Riley raised their target price on shares of American Public Education from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Northland Securities upped their price target on shares of American Public Education from $38.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of American Public Education in a research note on Monday. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of American Public Education from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $40.57.

American Public Education Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ APEI opened at $37.47 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $35.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.15. American Public Education, Inc. has a 1-year low of $18.76 and a 1-year high of $39.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.84 and a quick ratio of 2.84. The company has a market cap of $677.46 million, a PE ratio of 28.39, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.71.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.39. American Public Education had a net margin of 4.87% and a return on equity of 11.75%. The company had revenue of $163.22 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $160.02 million. American Public Education has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.320-0.450 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that American Public Education, Inc. will post 0.47 EPS 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.