APEI

American Public Education, Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Consumer Defensive DELAYED
Last price
46.22
▲ 1.81 (4.08%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
44.62
Prev close
44.41
Day high
46.30
Day low
44.16
Volume
178.16K
Market cap
$845.90M
P/E (TTM)
18.64
52W range
30.20 – 61.59

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.47%
Prior close 44.41
VWAP
45.60
+1.36% from price
Relative volume
0.47×
Quiet session
Session range
4.85%
44.16 – 46.30
Position in range
96%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
1.86
4.02% of price
Prior day high
45.10
PDH
Prior day low
43.68
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
143.41K
Avg 303.30K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+12.48% +10.5%
1M
+1.90% +0.7%
3M
-20.32% -24.8%
6M
-19.18% -37.4%
YTD
+22.28% +8.0%
1Y
+20.46% +4.0%
3Y
+828.11% +745.9%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on APEI open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+3.54K
Net buying
Buy transactions
8
28.16K shares
Sell transactions
5
24.61K shares
Net transactions
+13
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.9 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
907.57K
Total on file
Bought 28.16KSold 24.61K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 12, 26
FERNANDES NUNO S
Officer
CONVERSION 8.80K $93.81K Direct
Aug 12, 26
KENIGSBERG JAMES
Chief Technology Officer
SELL 1.31K $60.03K Direct
Aug 12, 26
FERNANDES NUNO S
Officer
SELL 8.80K $397.14K Direct
Aug 3, 26
KENIGSBERG JAMES
Chief Technology Officer
STOCK 7.57K $0 Direct
Jul 1, 26
PIANKO DANIEL S
Director
STOCK 1.11K $61.84K Direct
Jun 22, 26
BECKETT THOMAS A
General Counsel
SELL 2.00K $108.00K Direct
Jun 15, 26
BECKETT THOMAS A
General Counsel
SELL 8.00K $414.16K Direct
May 22, 26
PIANKO DANIEL S
Director
STOCK 2.13K $0 Direct
May 22, 26
STATUTO RICHARD J
Director
STOCK 2.13K $0 Direct
May 22, 26
BLEVINS GRANETTA B
Director
STOCK 2.13K $0 Direct
May 22, 26
FABREGA ANNA M
Director
STOCK 2.13K $0 Direct
May 22, 26
BRANER MICHAEL DAVID
Director
STOCK 2.13K $0 Direct
May 13, 26
FERNANDES NUNO S
Officer
SELL 4.50K $240.03K Direct
Apr 1, 26
PIANKO DANIEL S
Director
STOCK 1.11K $63.65K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
325 CAPITAL L.L.C.
Unknown — Sale
ANDERSEN ERIC C
Director 66.92K Stock Award(Grant)
AXENSON TANYA JOY
Officer 49.92K Sale
BECKETT THOMAS A
General Counsel 52.17K Sale
BLEVINS GRANETTA B
Director 60.08K Stock Award(Grant)
BRANER MICHAEL DAVID
Director 1.21M Stock Award(Grant)
FERNANDES NUNO S
Officer 78.58K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
MACGIBBON CRAIG S
Officer 63.89K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SELDEN ANGELA K.
Chief Executive Officer 626.81K Stock Award(Grant)
SUNDERLAND RICHARD W JR
Chief Financial Officer 159.56K Sale

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$845.90M
Enterprise value$777.76M
Revenue (TTM)$668.01M
Gross profit$373.09M
EBITDA$84.30M
Net income$45.67M
EPS (TTM)$2.48
Free cash flow$51.04M
Total cash$221.60M
Total debt$153.47M
Book value / share$17.10
Shares outstanding18.30M
Float14.94M
Short % of float12.20%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.41

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E18.64
Forward P/E12.29
PEG ratio0.97
Price / sales—
Price / book2.70
EV / revenue1.16
EV / EBITDA9.23
Gross margin55.85%
Operating margin7.88%
Profit margin6.84%
Return on equity15.58%
Return on assets7.92%
Debt / equity48.87
Current ratio3.25
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $648.86M$624.56M$600.54M$606.33M +3.9%
Operating revenue $648.86M$624.56M$600.54M$606.33M +3.9%
Cost of revenue $297.02M$295.70M$292.86M$288.47M +0.4%
Gross profit $351.84M$328.86M$307.68M$317.86M +7.0%
Selling, general & admin $281.83M$270.77M$261.19M$275.00M +4.1%
Total operating expense $297.98M$290.07M$289.01M$307.13M +2.7%
Operating income $53.86M$38.78M$18.67M$10.73M +38.9%
Net interest income -$4.23M-$2.13M-$4.46M-$17.73M -98.9%
Pre-tax income $43.70M$30.94M-$52.77M-$151.25M +41.3%
Tax provision $12.15M$10.42M-$10.71M-$36.28M +16.6%
Net income $31.56M$16.11M-$47.29M-$114.99M +95.8%
Net income to common $25.30M$10.06M-$53.29M-$115.04M +151.6%
Basic EPS 1.400.57-2.94-6.10 +145.6%
Diluted EPS 1.360.55-2.94-6.10 +147.3%
EBIT $47.94M$33.07M-$48.31M-$133.52M +45.0%
EBITDA $64.08M$52.37M-$20.49M-$101.39M +22.4%
Basic shares 18.01M17.63M18.11M18.86M +2.2%
Diluted shares 18.66M18.15M18.19M18.91M +2.8%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.36
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
35.00
-24.3% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+12.5%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
33
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
12
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
45.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
35.00
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.480.64 +33.9%
Mar 2026 0.741.19 +61.2%
Dec 2025 0.540.88 +63.3%
Sep 2025 0.220.54 +144.9%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.36 2 $166.15M +1.8%
Next quarter 0.97 2 $180.88M +14.2%
Current year 3.03 2 $693.50M +6.9%
Next year 3.76 2 $734.60M +5.9%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$62.83
High target$70.00
Low target$55.00
Implied upside35.94%
Analyst count6
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 5
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders4.96%
Held by institutions109.64%
Institutions holding293
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
42.74
+8.15% from price
SMA 20
43.40
+6.49% from price
SMA 50
45.72
+1.08% from price
SMA 100
49.32
-6.29% from price
SMA 200
48.95
-5.58% from price
EMA 12
43.52
+6.21% from price
EMA 26
44.05
+4.93% from price
EMA 50
45.66
+1.23% from price
RSI (14)
59.9
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.53
Hist 0.52
ATR (14)
1.86
4.02% of price
Realised vol 30D
31.0%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
46.61
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
40.20
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
45.72 vs 48.95
Trend bias
Below 200
-5.58%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 46.22
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.23
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.07
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
31.0%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-33.3%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-85.3%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.86
4.02% of price
Beta (reported)
1.41
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
2.00M
Prior 1.77M
Change vs prior
+13.3%
Shorts adding
% of float
12.20%
Elevated
% of shares out
10.94%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
8.8
Crowded exit
Float
14.94M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

91 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 11, 26 Lake Street MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jun 1, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
May 13, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
May 13, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
May 12, 26 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Buy Buy
May 4, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Mar 16, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Mar 16, 26 Truist Securities MAINTAINED Hold Hold
Mar 13, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Mar 13, 26 Lake Street MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Mar 13, 26 B. Riley Securities MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Mar 4, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split—
Split date—

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