Education Services

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Alere Inc (ALR) Amdocs Ltd (DOX) Barclays PLC (BCS) Career Edu Corp (CECO) Consol Energy (CNX) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ALERE INC (ALR): Free Stock Analysis Report BARCLAY PLC-ADR (BCS): Free Stock Analysis...

Analysts at FBR Capital upgrade Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ: APOL) from "underperform" to "market perform." The target price for APOL is set to $40. APOL's shares gained 2.76% to close at $37.95 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

Below are the top publishing-book stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. McGraw-Hill Companies Inc (The) (NYSE: MHP) had $1.36 billion in total cash and $1.20 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Pearson Plc (NYSE: PSO) had $747.84 million in total cash for the latest quarter. PSO's total...

The Washington Post Company (WPO), the diversified media conglomerate, plans to lay off approximately 770 employees or 5% of its workforce at its Kaplan Higher Education division, citing declining enrollments. Total Kaplan Higher Education enrollments jumped 8% as of September 30, 2010 but...

The Washington Post Company (WPO), the diversified media conglomerate, plans to lay off approximately 770 employees or 5% of its workforce at its Kaplan Higher Education division, citing declining enrollments. Total Kaplan Higher Education enrollments jumped 8% as of September 30, 2010 but...

Piper Jaffray is out with a note on the education market where it lists its top picks in the market. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We advise investors to focus on the companies with (1) the strongest records of regulatory compliance, (2) differentiated positioning and strategies for...

Shares of American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq: APEI) are currently up 5.3% at $37.08 per share during Wednesday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of American Public Education, Inc has been between $36.31 and $38.20 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the...

Deutsche Bank published its report on DeVry (NYSE: DV) after fall enrollment results were released yesterday. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "DeVry University new undergrad enrollment declined 4.7% to 18K vs our 17.9K estimate and consensus of 18.4K. Declines in Fall starts were...

Morgan Stanley upgrade Dominion Resources Inc (NYSE: D) from "underweight" to "equal weight." D's shares closed at $41.90 yesterday. Dominion Resources' trailing-twelve-month ROE is 22.21%. RBC Capital upgrade Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) from "sector perform" to "outperform." RHT's shares closed at $47...

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets upgrade American Public Education Inc (NASDAQ: APEI) from "sector perform" to "outperform." The target price for APEI has been raised from $30 to $40. APEI's shares gained 1.91% to close at $35.20 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets downgrade Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA) from "outperform" to "sector perform." The target price for CPLA has been raised from $65 to $67. CPLA's shares gained 2.12% to close at $61.79 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Ashland Inc (ASH) Big Lots Inc (BIG) Blyth Inc (BTH) Career Education Corp (CECO) Checkpoint Systems Inc (CKP) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. ASHLAND INC (ASH): Free Stock Analysis Report BIG LOTS INC (BIG): Free Stock...