On Monday, American Public Education got an upgrade for its IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating from 93 to 96.
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The new score tells you the company is now outperforming 96% of all stocks in terms of the most important fundamental and technical stock-picking criteria. The top-performing stocks tend to have a 95 or better grade as they begin to launch a significant move so be sure to keep that in mind when looking for the best stocks to buy and watch.
American Public Education is now out of buy range after breaking out from a 25.60 entry in a consolidation.
One weak spot is the company's 51 EPS Rating, which tracks quarterly and annual earnings-per-share growth. Look for that to improve to 80 or better to show it's in the top 20% of all stocks.
Its Accumulation/Distribution Rating of A shows heavy buying by institutional investors over the last 13 weeks.
The company posted 0% EPS growth for Q1. Top line growth was flat, matching the prior report's 7%.
American Public Education earns the No. 5 rank among its peers in the Consumer Services-Education industry group. Legacy Education is the No. 1-ranked stock within the group.
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