APEIAmerican Public Education, Inc.

$47.82+29% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

Rangebound. That is the only one of 3 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 2 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 8, 2026

Rangebound, no clear trend. Price is −2% vs its 200-day average.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How APEI is trading

American Public Education, Inc. is +29% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 11 points ahead of the market.

+29%

1-year return · S&P 500 +18%

vs 200-day average
−2.5%

vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far

RSI (14)
63

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
21%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 4, 2024$13.65 – $60.86 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 8, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-08
$47.82
1 monthS&P 500 +1.6%
+6.1%
1 yearS&P 500 +18%
+29%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+87%
vs 50-day average$45.59
+4.9%
52-week high
$60.86
52-week low
$30.67
Annualised volatility
47%
Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
−$240K
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+27%
2025+75%
2024+124%
2023−21%
2022−45%
2021−27%
2020+11%
2019−3.8%
2018+14%
2017+2.0%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan105 of 10+0.34%
Feb104 of 10+1.4%
Mar107 of 10+7.7%
Apr105 of 10−0.87%
May104 of 10+0.24%
Jun107 of 10+3.1%
Jul116 of 11+1.4%
Aug113 of 11−13%
Sep112 of 11−1.9%
Oct115 of 11+1.4%
Nov108 of 10+17%
Dec106 of 10+4.8%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.