American Public Education Inc (APEI) volume exceeds 2.55 million: A new investment opportunity for investors

American Public Education Inc (NASDAQ: APEI) kicked off on Friday, up 3.35% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $17.01. Over the past 52 weeks, APEI has traded in a range of $4.05-$21.04.

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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Defensive sector saw sales topped by 16.51%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 131.51%. With a float of $16.86 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $17.60 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 6037 workers is very important to gauge.

American Public Education Inc (APEI) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Education & Training Services Industry. The insider ownership of American Public Education Inc is 4.07%, while institutional ownership is 84.51%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 22 ’24, was worth 113,113. In this transaction EVP, Chief Information Officer of this company sold 6,519 shares at a rate of $17.35, taking the stock ownership to the 37,751 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 20 ’24, when Company’s EVP, Chief Information Officer sold 1,500 for $18.40, making the entire transaction worth $27,605. This insider now owns 41,783 shares in total.

American Public Education Inc (APEI) Performance Highlights and Predictions

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 131.51% per share during the next fiscal year.

American Public Education Inc (NASDAQ: APEI) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at American Public Education Inc’s (APEI) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.81. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.51. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.45.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -2.63, a number that is poised to hit 0.07 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.69 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of American Public Education Inc (APEI)

The latest stats from [American Public Education Inc, APEI] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.7 million was superior to 0.19 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.00%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.94.

During the past 100 days, American Public Education Inc’s (APEI) raw stochastic average was set at 67.78%, which indicates a significant decrease from 76.90% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 51.91% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 76.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $16.32, while its 200-day Moving Average is $10.85. Now, the first resistance to watch is $18.35. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $19.12. The third major resistance level sits at $19.93. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $16.77, it is likely to go to the next support level at $15.96. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $15.19.

American Public Education Inc (NASDAQ: APEI) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 309.06 million has total of 17,575K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 600,550 K in contrast with the sum of -47,290 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 154,430 K and last quarter income was 520 K.