American Public Education (APEI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → Warren Buffett's 'mystery stock' (From Stansberry Research) (Ad) Free APEI Stock Alerts $18.04 -0.35 (-1.90%) (As of 01:02 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability American Public Education Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest559,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest493,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+13.26%Dollar Volume Sold Short$7.74 millionShort Interest Ratio3.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2024Outstanding Shares17,580,000 sharesFloat Size16,900,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.31%Today's Trading Volume106,572 sharesAverage Trading Volume165,993 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average64% Short Selling American Public Education ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for American Public Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAPEI Short Interest Over TimeAPEI Days to Cover Over TimeAPEI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Stansberry ResearchEverybody laughed when he recommended Netflix"This Could be Worth Even More than A.I." Whitney Tilson's nailed many of the most famous stocks of the last 25 years – including Netflix, Amazon, and Apple. Now he's pounding the table on a new technology rolling out across America, which early estimates say could create more wealth than A.I., the personal computer, and the smartphone combined. Click here to see how it could become the No. 1 investment of the next decade. American Public Education Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2024559,300 shares $7.74 million +13.3%3.3%3.7 $13.83 4/15/2024493,800 shares $6.23 million +15.4%3.0%3.1 $12.61 3/31/2024427,900 shares $6.08 million +9.8%2.6%2.5 $14.20 3/15/2024389,600 shares $4.82 million +95.3%2.4%2.3 $12.36 2/29/2024199,500 shares $2.08 million -41.0%1.2%1.2 $10.45 2/15/2024338,000 shares $3.77 million +26.0%2.0%2.4 $11.16 Get the Latest News and Ratings for APEI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for American Public Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/2024268,200 shares $2.84 million +2.8%1.6%2.2 $10.58 1/15/2024260,900 shares $3.02 million +62.2%1.5%2.6 $11.57 12/31/2023160,900 shares $1.55 million +50.0%0.9%2 $9.65 12/15/2023107,300 shares $870,203.00 -23.4%0.6%1.6 $8.11 11/30/2023140,000 shares $1.10 million +16.8%0.8%2.5 $7.87 11/15/2023119,900 shares $737,385.00 -3.4%0.7%2.6 $6.15 10/31/2023124,100 shares $517,497.00 -9.7%0.7%2.4 $4.17 10/15/2023137,400 shares $605,934.00 -11.1%0.8%2.4 $4.41 9/30/2023154,500 shares $769,410.00 -14.8%0.9%2.4 $4.98 9/15/2023181,300 shares $866,614.00 -21.6%1.1%1.5 $4.78 8/31/2023231,100 shares $1.22 million -6.8%1.4%1.5 $5.26 8/15/2023247,900 shares $1.38 million -11.5%1.5%1.5 $5.55 7/31/2023280,200 shares $1.40 million -26.0%1.7%1.6 $5.01 7/15/2023378,700 shares $1.78 million -13.5%2.2%1.9 $4.69 6/30/2023437,700 shares $2.07 million -42.9%2.6%1.9 $4.74 6/15/2023766,500 shares $3.23 million +1.6%4.6%2.8 $4.21 5/31/2023754,700 shares $3.78 million -1.4%4.5%2.2 $5.01 5/15/2023765,400 shares $4.21 million -7.5%4.5%2.3 $5.50 4/30/2023827,500 shares $4.72 million -1.8%4.6%2.5 $5.70 4/15/2023842,500 shares $5.32 million +2.4%4.7%2.5 $6.32 3/31/2023822,500 shares $4.46 million +125.0%4.5%2.6 $5.42 3/15/2023365,600 shares $1.67 million +22.0%2.0%1.4 $4.56 2/28/2023299,700 shares $3.31 million -4.4%1.7%2.4 $11.04 2/15/2023313,400 shares $4.00 million -16.6%1.7%2.4 $12.77 1/31/2023375,600 shares $4.55 million +20.1%2.1%2.8 $12.11 1/15/2023312,700 shares $4.00 million -3.9%1.7%2.5 $12.78 12/30/2022325,400 shares $4.00 million +3.6%1.8%2.5 $12.29 12/15/2022314,200 shares $4.24 million -27.3%1.7%2 $13.51 11/30/2022432,400 shares $5.56 million -17.7%2.4%1.6 $12.85 11/15/2022525,300 shares $6.84 million -39.1%2.9%2 $13.02 10/31/2022862,500 shares $11.05 million -3.8%4.8%3.3 $12.81 10/15/2022896,400 shares $9.57 million +68.0%5.0%3.6 $10.68 9/30/2022533,500 shares $4.88 million -33.3%3.0%2.3 $9.14 9/15/2022799,500 shares $6.81 million +99.2%4.5%4 $8.52Warren Buffett's "mystery stock" (Ad)WARNING: Read This Before the Next Fed Meeting Investors are looking to the Fed with high hopes for interest rate relief. Unfortunately, many have no idea there's another major story unfolding right now, one that could be worth $40 trillion. This Wall Street millionaire just stepped forward with all the details, and how it could make some 8/31/2022401,400 shares $4.15 million +25.7%2.3%4.6 $10.33 8/15/2022319,300 shares $3.80 million -3.4%1.8%5.4 $11.90 7/31/2022330,400 shares $5.19 million -2.7%1.9%5.5 $15.71 7/15/2022339,400 shares $5.39 million -3.4%1.9%5.5 $15.87 6/30/2022351,500 shares $5.68 million +8.3%2.0%5.6 $16.16 6/15/2022324,500 shares $4.39 million +2.8%1.8%4.8 $13.54 5/31/2022315,600 shares $4.40 million +1.7%1.8%4.4 $13.94 5/15/2022310,200 shares $4.23 million +1.0%1.7%4.1 $13.63 4/30/2022307,000 shares $5.97 million -13.6%1.7%4.4 $19.44 4/15/2022355,300 shares $7.78 million -12.1%2.0%4.9 $21.90 3/31/2022404,100 shares $8.58 million -14.3%2.3%5.3 $21.24 3/15/2022471,300 shares $10.47 million -11.5%2.6%6.2 $22.22 2/28/2022532,400 shares $10.63 million +21.9%3.0%5.9 $19.96 2/15/2022436,800 shares $7.72 million +23.6%2.5%4.5 $17.67 1/31/2022353,300 shares $7.56 million +13.8%2.0%3.6 $21.39 1/15/2022310,400 shares $7.02 million No Change1.7%3.2 $22.60 12/31/2021310,400 shares $6.91 million +3.7%1.7%3.3 $22.25 12/15/2021299,200 shares $6.79 million -1.7%1.7%3.2 $22.71 11/30/2021304,500 shares $5.75 million +6.0%1.7%3.6 $18.89 11/15/2021287,200 shares $7.18 million +18.6%1.6%3.7 $24.99 10/29/2021242,200 shares $6.05 million +5.5%1.4%2.9 $24.99 10/15/2021229,600 shares $5.78 million -15.8%1.3%2.5 $25.18 9/30/2021272,800 shares $6.99 million -32.8%1.5%2.9 $25.61 9/15/2021406,000 shares $10.46 million -11.5%2.3%3.7 $25.77 8/31/2021458,600 shares $12.06 million +27.8%2.6%4.1 $26.30 8/13/2021358,800 shares $9.94 million +12.6%2.0%2.9 $27.70 7/30/2021318,800 shares $9.44 million -5.3%1.8%2.2 $29.62 7/15/2021336,600 shares $9.56 million -3.8%1.9%2.5 $28.40 6/30/2021349,700 shares $9.91 million +113.0%2.0%2.5 $28.34 6/15/2021164,200 shares $4.71 million -31.4%0.9%1.2 $28.71 5/28/2021239,500 shares $6.71 million -5.8%1.4%1.6 $28.00 5/14/2021254,300 shares $6.54 million -34.6%N/A1.4 $25.71 4/30/2021388,800 shares $11.99 million -4.9%N/A2.5 $30.84 4/15/2021408,700 shares $13.62 million -10.6%N/A2.8 $33.33 3/31/2021457,200 shares $16.06 million +22.6%N/A3.2 $35.12 3/15/2021373,000 shares $12.46 million +30.9%N/A2.6 $33.41 2/26/2021284,900 shares $7.99 million +12.1%N/A2.7 $28.03 2/12/2021254,200 shares $7.91 million +0.9%1.8%3.5 $31.11 1/29/2021251,900 shares $6.92 million -2.0%1.8%3.4 $27.46 1/15/2021256,900 shares $8.13 million +1.1%1.8%3.5 $31.63 12/31/2020254,200 shares $7.60 million +9.8%1.8%3.5 $29.90 12/15/2020231,500 shares $7.35 million -6.5%1.6%3.1 $31.76 11/30/2020247,500 shares $7.73 million -4.7%1.8%3.5 $31.23 11/15/2020259,600 shares $8.10 million +4.7%1.8%3.4 $31.22 10/30/2020247,900 shares $6.93 million -27.1%1.8%3.1 $27.95 10/15/2020339,900 shares $10.32 million +13.8%2.4%4.1 $30.35 9/30/2020298,600 shares $8.42 million -18.4%2.1%3.5 $28.19 9/15/2020365,700 shares $10.30 million -8.3%2.6%4.2 $28.17 8/31/2020398,600 shares $12.53 million -18.2%2.8%4.3 $31.44 8/14/2020487,000 shares $17.18 million +46.6%3.5%5 $35.28Warren Buffett's "mystery stock" (Ad)WARNING: Read This Before the Next Fed Meeting Investors are looking to the Fed with high hopes for interest rate relief. Unfortunately, many have no idea there's another major story unfolding right now, one that could be worth $40 trillion. This Wall Street millionaire just stepped forward with all the details, and how it could make some 7/31/2020332,200 shares $9.67 million -3.7%2.4%3.3 $29.11 7/15/2020344,900 shares $9.99 million +7.4%2.5%3.6 $28.96 6/30/2020321,100 shares $9.35 million +8.2%2.3%3.3 $29.13 6/15/2020296,700 shares $8.55 million +29.2%2.1%2.9 $28.83 5/29/2020229,600 shares $7.22 million +1.9%1.6%2.1 $31.43 5/15/2020225,400 shares $7.15 million -10.8%1.6%2.2 $31.74 4/30/2020252,800 shares $6.51 million +18.1%1.8%2.7 $25.74 4/15/2020214,000 shares $5.28 million -18.1%1.5%2.3 $24.69 3/31/2020261,200 shares $5.98 million -27.8%1.8%2.9 $22.91 3/13/2020361,600 shares $8.21 million +36.3%2.5%3.6 $22.70 2/28/2020265,400 shares $5.71 million -5.9%1.8%3.1 $21.51 2/14/2020282,000 shares $5.97 million -1.4%1.9%3.2 $21.18 1/31/2020285,900 shares $6.50 million -1.4%2.0%2.9 $22.73 1/15/2020289,900 shares $7.04 million +0.4%2.0%2.5 $24.27 12/31/2019288,800 shares $7.30 million -16.2%2.0%2.3 $25.26 8/15/2019294,100 shares $7.38 million -10.1%1.9%3.5 $25.10 APEI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is American Public Education's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of American Public Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 559,300 shares of APEI short. 3.31% of American Public Education's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on American Public Education's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for American Public Education? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. APEI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on American Public Education's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting American Public Education? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of American Public Education: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for American Public Education? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.31% of American Public Education's floating shares are currently sold short. Is American Public Education's short interest increasing or decreasing? American Public Education saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 559,300 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the previous total of 493,800 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is American Public Education's float size? American Public Education currently has issued a total of 17,580,000 shares. Some of American Public Education's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. American Public Education currently has a public float of 16,900,000 shares. How does American Public Education's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.31% of American Public Education's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to American Public Education: Lincoln Educational Services Co. (0.94%), Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (3.73%), Vitru Limited (0.18%), Nerdy, Inc. (5.02%), QuantaSing Group Limited (0.02%), iHuman Inc. (0.00%), Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. (1.51%), DouYu International Holdings Limited (4.36%), Superior Group of Companies, Inc. (1.01%), PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (0.88%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short American Public Education stock? Short selling APEI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from American Public Education as its price is falling. APEI shares are trading down $0.35 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against American Public Education? A short squeeze for American Public Education occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of APEI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is American Public Education's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including APEI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024. 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