American Public Education Inc expected to post earnings of 14 cents a share - Earnings Preview

American Public Education

01/03/2024 22:25

* American Public Education Inc  APEI.OQ   APEI.O  is
expected
to show a fall in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on
March 5 for the period ending December 31 2023
    * The Charles Town West Virginia-based  company is expected
to
report a 1.3% decrease in revenue to $150.475 million from
$152.44 million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from
4 analysts, based on LSEG data.The company's guidance on
November 7 2023, for the period ended December 31, was for
revenue between $149.30 million and $151.30 million.
    * ​LSEG's mean analyst estimate for American Public
Education Inc
is for earnings of 14 cents per share. The company's EPS
guidance on November 7 2023, for the period ended December
31, was between $0.07 and $0.15 
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy," 2
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."  
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in
the last
three months. ​
    * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for American
Public
Education Inc is $8.00​, below​ its last closing price
of $10.75. ​​​

The company's guidance on November 7 2023 for the period ended
December 31 was for Earnings before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation and Amortization of between USD149.3 million and
USD16.9 million.
Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure
in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINESM  LSEG IBES  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  ESTIMATE             MET,    SE %
               E®                               MISSED  
 Sep. 30 2023  -0.22       -0.25      0.19      Beat    176.8
 Jun. 30 2023  -0.31       -0.31      -2.94     Missed  -856.1
 Mar. 31 2023  -0.46       -0.46      -0.38     Beat    16.8​
 Dec. 31 2022              -0.17      -0.35     Missed  -101.9
 ​​Sep.        -0.25       -0.25      -0.20     Beat    20
 30 2022                                                
 Jun. 30 2022  0.06        0.06       1.84      Beat    3,245.
                                                        5​
 Mar. 31 2022  0.19        0.19       0.28      Beat    49.3
 Dec. 31 2021  0.34        0.35       0.50      Beat    41.8
 This summary was machine generated March 1 at 22:25 GMT.  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)