Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. American Public Education Inc shares valued at $6,010,828 were sold by 325 CAPITAL LLC on Jun 06 ’25. At $28.04 per share, 325 CAPITAL LLC sold 214,396 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,181,005 shares worth approximately $34.28 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, 325 CAPITAL LLC sold 103,522 shares, netting a total of over 2,920,449 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $28.21 each, the insider now holds 1,395,401 shares.
Before that, 325 CAPITAL LLC had sold 27,523 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $769,650, the Director traded American Public Education Inc shares for $27.96 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 27,523 shares, worth approximately $43.51 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Northland Capital on June 18, 2025, American Public Education Inc [APEI] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $36. Analysts at Lake Street started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. Earlier on March 07, 2025, William Blair upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for APEI stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing APEI Stock Performance
On last trading session, American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ: APEI] plunged -7.93% to $29.03. The stock’s lowest price that day was $28.0, but it reached a high of $29.67 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.66%. Over the course of the year, American Public Education Inc shares have jumped approximately 68.09%.
Is American Public Education Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of American Public Education Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.43 million shares to 1.19 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.76 million shares. A jump of 36.42% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.52 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.52.
Which companies own the most shares of American Public Education Inc (APEI)?
In terms of American Public Education Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 15.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -50.84% from the previous closing price of $31.53. Analysts anticipate American Public Education Inc stock to reach 16 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 15. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked American Public Education Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 26, 2023, Truist assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $6.
