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American Public Education Inc has a consensus price target of $47.5 based on the ratings of 9 analysts. The high is $58 issued by DA Davidson on March 16, 2026. The low is $15 issued by Truist Securities on March 6, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by DA Davidson, Truist Securities, and Barrington Research on March 16, 2026, March 16, 2026, and March 13, 2026, respectively. With an average price target of $56.33 between DA Davidson, Truist Securities, and Barrington Research, there's an implied -3.70% downside for American Public Education Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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The latest price target for APEI (NASDAQ:APEI) was reported by DA Davidson on March 16, 2026. The analyst firm set a price target for $58.00 expecting APEI to fall to within 12 months (a possible -0.85% downside). 26 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for APEI (NASDAQ:APEI) was provided by DA Davidson, and APEI maintained their buy rating.
The last upgrade for American Public Education Inc happened on March 7, 2025 when William Blair raised their price target to N/A. William Blair previously had a market perform for American Public Education Inc.
There is no last downgrade for APEI.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of APEI, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for APEI was filed on March 16, 2026 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around March 16, 2027.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest APEI (APEI) rating was a maintained with a price target of $48.00 to $58.00. The current price APEI (APEI) is trading at is $58.50, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.