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American Public Education, Inc. APEI R2KR3K

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · United States
https://www.apei.com
Company Profile ↓
$45.36
+54.65% 1Y
Mkt Cap$832.06M
P/E23.50
P/B3.08
52W High$60.86
52W Low$28.58
Book Value$16.63
EPS (TTM)$1.93

Company Overview

American Public Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides online and campus-based postsecondary education services in the United States. It operates through three segments: American Public University System, Rasmussen University, and Hondros College of Nursing. The company offers 181 degree programs, 110 certificate programs, and four diploma programs in various fields of study, including public service-focused fields, such as nursing, national security, military studies, intelligence, and homeland security, as well as traditional academic fields comprising business, health science, information technology, justice studies, education, and liberal arts; and career learning and leadership training in-person and online to the federal workforce. It also provides nursing-and health sciences-focused postsecondary education; and pre-licensure nursing education services focusing on a diploma in practical nursing and associate degree in nursing, as well as a bachelor of science in nursing. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Charles Town, West Virginia.

Why Investors Should Care

Steady Revenue Expansion

Revenue has grown at a 20.5% CAGR over the past five years.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $648.86M (+3.9% YoY); net profit $31.56M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +6.2%, earnings +129.3%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 20.5%, profit CAGR 7.8%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:20.52%
1 Year:6.20%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:7.84%
1 Year:129.30%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+54.65%
6 Months:+0.78%
3 Months:-13.85%
1 Month:-10.67%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Bearish
52-Week Range 52% of range
$28.58 $60.86
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMABelow
  • Price vs 200-DMABelow
  • RSI (14)39.83 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M-10.67%
3M-13.85%
6M+0.78%
1Y+54.65%
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 23.50 is above the sector median of 18.74 — pricier than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Compounding revenue at 20.5% over 5 years.
  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

  • Trading 25.5% below its 52-week high.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
23.50
Industry PE
18.74
Forward P/E
12.03
PEG Ratio
1.51
Book Value
$16.63
Price to Book
3.08
P/S
1.43
EV/EBITDA
11.23
Dividend Yield
0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
20.52%
Profit 5Y
7.84%
Revenue (YoY)
6.20%
Earnings (YoY)
129.30%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
12.07%
ROE
13.11%
ROA
6.90%
Profit Margin
6.13%
Op Margin
12.47%
Gross Margin
54.98%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$0.52
EPS (TTM)
$1.93

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.50
Quick Ratio
2.75
Current Ratio
2.98
Debt
$153.46M
Total Assets
$537.75M
Current Assets
$282.13M
Working Capital
$184.77M

Ownership

Promoter Holding
4.95%
Chg in Prom Hold
-0.01%
FII / Inst Holding
109.34%
Chg in FII Hold
0.09%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$832.06M
Total Revenue (TTM)
$659.05M
EBITDA
$77.96M
Free Cash Flow
$102.19M
Operating Cash Flow
$88.27M
Shares Outstanding
18.34M
Gross Margin
54.98%
Payout Ratio
0.00%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Defensive).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 APEI American Public Education, Inc. R2KR3K 45.36 23.50 $832.06M 0.00% 12.07% 13.11% 20.52% 7.84%
2 WMT Walmart Inc. SPXR3K 107.14 37.73 $852.63B 0.88% 16.83% 24.13% 3.82% 3.24%
3 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation NDXSPXR3K 915.74 46.16 $406.11B 0.62% 25.96% 29.15% 8.16% 11.45%
4 KO The Coca-Cola Company SPXR3K 88.07 26.45 $378.93B 2.44% 16.47% 42.05% 2.86% 4.46%
5 PG The Procter & Gamble Company SPXR3K 146.44 22.32 $341.00B 2.96% 22.49% 30.29% 0.52% 1.59%
6 PM Philip Morris International Inc. SPXR3K 182.53 25.07 $284.49B 3.13% 34.03% -113.55% -1.69% 3.57%
7 PEP PepsiCo, Inc. NDXSPXR3K 137.63 18.04 $188.00B 4.28% 15.41% 51.51% 4.93% 2.11%
8 BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 80.35 17.32 $140.40B 1.61% 8.49% 11.39% 0.88% 4.63%
9 MO Altria Group, Inc. SPXR3K 68.88 14.50 $115.01B 6.26% 38.27% - 1.24% -1.89%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Sep 2016Dec 2016Mar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sep 2018Dec 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Dec 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Dec 2020Mar 2021Jun 2021Sep 2021Dec 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue --75.69M72.20M73.28M78.08M74.97M72.80M72.99M76.93M73.44M70.56M67.89M74.38M74.62M82.13M79.13M85.91M88.54M78.01M98.25M154.00M154.75M149.61M149.53M152.44M149.69M147.21M150.84M152.80M154.43M152.90M--164.55M162.77M163.22M158.33M174.74M171.73M
Cost of Revenue ----------------------------------74.94M78.42M74.70M68.95M74.63M-
Gross Profit ----------------------------------89.61M84.34M88.52M89.38M100.11M-
Operating Expenses ----------------------------------75.60M77.28M74.77M70.32M78.31M-
Operating Income 392.00K-8.31M6.32M7.60M-6.16M8.05M6.88M-1.38M5.68M-2.91M-2.69M9.04M3.31M-10.64M1.98M1.26M-5.20M-141.26M-1.03M--5.37M-65.27M6.40M-5.18M2.22M--14.00M7.06M13.74M19.05M21.80M13.53M
EBITDA ----------------------------------16.24M11.15M13.64M23.09M24.12M-
Interest Expense ---------------------------------585.00K887.00K-1.07M1.17M725.00K-
Pretax Income ----------------------------------11.36M5.92M8.63M17.80M19.25M-
Tax Provision ----------------------------------2.47M1.42M3.07M5.19M1.51M-
Net Income 326.00K6.89M4.51M3.83M4.37M8.42M4.59M6.46M5.50M9.09M1.01M4.92M-1.64M5.72M2.42M6.69M2.64M7.07M8.11M531.00K-267.00K9.38M5.33M-110.03M-3.76M--5.74M-51.23M-3.33M-516.00K371.00K--8.89M4.50M5.56M12.61M17.73M9.77M
Diluted EPS 0.020.420.280.230.270.510.280.390.330.550.060.30-0.100.370.160.450.180.470.490.03-0.010.500.28-5.82-0.20-0.35-0.38-2.93-0.270.64-0.06-0.06--0.41-0.020.300.670.940.52

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue 69.09M107.15M149.00M198.17M-----313.14M299.25M297.69M286.27M321.79M-606.33M600.54M624.56M648.86M
Cost of Revenue ---------------288.47M292.86M295.70M297.02M
Gross Profit ---------------317.86M307.68M328.86M351.84M
Operating Expenses ---------------307.13M289.01M290.07M297.98M
Operating Income 14.69M25.69M39.87M50.02M62.86M68.80M67.44M65.83M52.28M38.28M34.86M32.53M12.76M24.76M-10.73M18.67M38.78M53.86M
EBITDA ----------------101.39M-20.49M52.37M64.08M
Interest Expense ---------------17.73M4.46M2.13M4.23M
Pretax Income ----------------151.25M-52.77M30.94M43.70M
Tax Provision ----------------36.28M-10.71M10.42M12.15M
Net Income 8.75M16.19M23.94M29.87M40.76M42.32M42.03M40.88M32.41M24.16M21.12M25.64M10.01M18.82M--114.99M-47.29M16.11M31.56M
Diluted EPS 0.640.861.271.592.232.352.352.331.931.491.291.540.621.25--6.10-2.940.551.36

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2006Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --78.81M115.75M141.84M198.89M237.60M271.65M297.90M299.43M315.62M339.04M370.96M354.90M371.02M-615.06M557.39M570.10M521.42M
Current Assets ----------------186.09M217.38M260.57M259.82M
Cash & Equivalents 11.68M26.95M47.71M74.87M81.35M119.01M114.90M94.82M115.63M105.73M146.35M179.21M----102.52M116.66M131.93M174.09M
Inventory --------------------
Receivables ----------------42.35M50.97M62.47M65.66M
Total Liabilities --25.34M33.73M44.54M65.06M66.45M64.59M63.69M62.27M50.95M49.63M49.69M58.16M64.09M-265.33M265.41M266.22M226.64M
Current Liabilities --21.65M28.96M37.59M56.69M55.07M54.26M48.25M46.33M42.17M43.35M44.33M45.28M55.06M-70.76M73.99M79.16M75.05M
Long Term Debt --------------0-93.15M94.68M93.42M94.67M
Total Debt ----------------208.97M204.73M200.62M162.96M
Total Equity 16.82M33.51M53.48M82.02M97.30M133.83M171.15M207.07M234.22M237.15M264.67M289.41M321.27M296.73M306.93M-349.73M291.98M303.88M294.78M
Shares Outstanding ----------------18.89M17.60M17.71M18.13M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow 17.52M29.76M36.76M47.08M70.44M52.92M59.41M-57.01M56.01M47.94M44.18M38.37M44.81M-29.21M45.51M48.87M61.97M
Investing Cash Flow -7.17M-10.90M-11.79M-23.03M-25.23M-48.09M-69.25M--31.14M-13.55M-13.60M-9.43M-7.25M-4.16M--13.67M-13.77M-21.08M4.80M
Financing Cash Flow 4.93M1.91M2.19M-17.57M-7.55M-8.94M-10.25M--35.77M-1.85M-1.49M-1.82M-40.51M-15.71M--35.71M-16.86M-13.19M-49.21M
Capital Expenditure ---10.76M-22.45M-24.93M-35.01M-20.65M-24.60M-26.00M-16.40M-14.79M-9.43M-7.25M-4.93M--16.39M-13.89M-21.08M-15.86M
Free Cash Flow --26.00M24.62M45.51M17.91M38.77M-31.01M39.62M33.15M34.75M31.11M39.88M-12.83M31.62M27.79M46.10M
Net Change in Cash ----------------20.17M14.88M14.60M17.56M
Share Buybacks --220.00K20.24M9.74M15.86M14.42M19.71M35.31M848.00K1.59M1.82M40.51M15.71M3.03M1.54M10.74M4.24M4.26M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % ---------------52.4%51.2%52.7%54.2%
Operating Margin % 21.3%24.0%26.8%25.2%-----12.2%11.6%10.9%4.5%7.7%-1.8%3.1%6.2%8.3%
Net Margin % 12.7%15.1%16.1%15.1%-----7.7%7.1%8.6%3.5%5.8%--19.0%-7.9%2.6%4.9%
ROE % 26.1%30.3%29.2%30.7%30.5%24.7%20.3%17.5%13.7%9.1%7.3%8.0%3.4%6.1%--32.9%-16.2%5.3%10.7%
ROCE % -44.9%45.9%48.0%44.2%37.7%31.0%26.4%20.7%14.0%11.8%10.0%4.1%7.8%-2.0%3.9%7.9%12.1%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
4.95%
Institutions
109.34%
Public Float
115.03%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Blackrock Inc. 9.68% 1.77M $81.54M
2 FMR, LLC 6.47% 1.18M $54.46M
3 325 Capital Llc 6.47% 1.18M $54.46M
4 Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 6.39% 1.17M $53.80M
5 Renaissance Technologies, LLC 4.98% 910.62K $41.90M
6 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 3.93% 718.50K $33.06M
7 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 3.84% 702.13K $32.30M
8 American Century Companies Inc 3.79% 694.51K $31.95M
9 Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. 3.71% 679.75K $31.28M
10 Acadian Asset Management. LLC 2.96% 542.41K $24.96M

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APEI — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)?

As of 2026-09-07 16:24 PDT, American Public Education, Inc. (APEI) trades at $45.36 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $28.58 to $60.86.

What is the market capitalisation of APEI?

American Public Education, Inc. (APEI) has a market capitalisation of $832.06M on NasdaqGS.

What is the P/E ratio of APEI?

APEI trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.50. The industry average P/E is 18.74. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.08.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of APEI?

APEI has a return on equity (ROE) of 13.11%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 12.07%.

Is APEI a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of American Public Education, Inc. (APEI), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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