American Public Education, Inc. reports results for the quarter ended September 30 - Earnings Summary

• American Public Education, Inc. reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 34 cents​​ per share for the quarter ended September 30, lower than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 56 cents. The mean expectation of eight analysts for the quarter was for earnings of 26 cents per share. Wall Street expected results to range from 21 cents to 31 cents per share.

• Revenue rose 3.6% to $169.14 million from a year ago; analysts expected $165.79 million.

• American Public Education, Inc.'s reported EPS for the quarter was 32 cents​.

• The company reported quarterly net income of $5.89 million.

• American Public Education, Inc. shares had fallen by 11.6% this quarter and lost 1.4% so far this year.

FORECAST CHANGES

• The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 46.2% in the last three months.​

• In the last 30 days, one analyst negatively revised an earnings estimate

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 7 "strong buy" or "buy," 1 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the miscellaneous educational service providers peer group is also "buy"

• Wall Street's median 12-month price target for American Public Education, Inc. is $64.00, about 41.8% above its last closing price of $37.28

This summary was machine generated from LSEG data November 9 at 10:01 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)