American Public Education Inc.

APEI | NASDAQ

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$43.43

-$0.45 (-1.03%)

At close: Sep 21, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

$43.43

$0 (0.00%)

After-hours: Sep 21, 2026, 7:30 PM ET

Overview Rating Statistics Financials Earnings Analysts Ownership Profile

Market Data

Market Cap $804.91M

Enterprise Value $721.94M

Beta 1.39

Average Volume 290.24K

Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 18.81M

Shares Change YoY 4.3%

Institutional Ownership N/A

Exchange NASDAQ

ISIN US02913V1035

Price Performance

Price Change 1M -5.6%

Price Change 3M -16.1%

Price Change 6M -25.8%

Price Change YTD 20.1%

Price Change 1Y 19.2%

Price Change 3Y 749.9%

Price Change 5Y 65.4%

1M CAGR (ann.) -13.6%

1Y CAGR (ann.) 22.0%

5Y CAGR (ann.) 10.8%

All-Time CAGR 1.1%

Valuation

PE Ratio 17.87

Forward PE 13.79

PEG Ratio 0.13

Forward PEG 1.05

PS Ratio 1.19

Forward PS 1.10

PB Ratio 2.54

P/FCF Ratio 11.37

P/Adj. FCF Ratio 12.92

P/OCF Ratio 9.32

EV/Sales 1.08

EV/EBIT 10.80

EV/EBITDA 8.70

EV/FCF 10.30

Earnings Yield 5.6%

FCF Yield 8.8%

Adj. FCF Yield 7.7%

Financial Health

Net Cash $74.72M

Total Debt $71.83M

Cash & Short-Term Investments $146.55M

Total Assets $537.75M

Current Ratio 3.25

Quick Ratio 3.25

Debt / Equity Ratio 0.47

Debt / EBITDA 0.87

Debt / FCF 1.03

OCF / Debt 1.19

Interest Coverage 21.65

Altman Z-Score 4.26

Piotroski F-Score 8

Margins & Profitability

Gross Profit Margin 54.6%

Operating Profit Margin 9.6%

EBITDA Margin 12.4%

Net Profit Margin 6.8%

FCF Margin 10.5%

Adj. FCF Margin 9.2%

SBC / Revenue 1.3%

SBC Impact (per share) -12.0%

Returns

Return on Assets 8.5%

Return on Equity 15.3%

Return on Invested Capital 10.6%

Return on Capital Employed 14.2%

Return on Tangible Assets 10.2%

Historical Growth (CAGR)

Revenue CAGR 3Y 3.7%

Revenue CAGR 5Y 15.0%

Revenue CAGR 10Y 7.5%

EPS CAGR 3Y 88.1%

EPS CAGR 5Y 15.7%

EPS CAGR 10Y 1.7%

FCF CAGR 3Y 38.2%

FCF CAGR 5Y 32.9%

FCF CAGR 10Y 5.3%

Analyst Forecasts

Analyst Rating Hold

Analyst Count 19

EPS Growth Next 3Y N/A

Revenue Growth Next 3Y N/A

Earnings Date N/A

EPS Estimate (next Q) N/A

EPS Growth Est (next Q) N/A

Revenue Est (next Q) N/A

Revenue Growth Est (next Q) N/A

Fair Value Estimates

Graham Number $30.58

Graham Upside -29.6%

Lynch Fair Value $38.25

Lynch Upside -11.9%

Price Target $63.33

Price Target Upside 45.8%

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow $85.6M

Free Cash Flow $70.07M

Adj. Free Cash Flow $61.66M

FCF Per Share $3.82

OCF Per Share $4.66

OCF/S Ratio 12.8%

Income Statement

Revenue $668.01M

Gross Profit $364.82M

Operating Income $64.07M

EBITDA $83.02M

Net Income $45.67M

EPS (Diluted) $2.43

Revenue / Employee $114.37K

Profit / Employee $7.82K

Employees 5,841