American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

Last Closing Price: 29.11 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

American Public Education, Inc. is an online provider of higher education, focused on serving the military and public service communities. The majority of students are either serving the U.S. military actively or are civilians who are indirectly associated with the military like veterans, reservists or National Guard members. Its students also include public service professionals in the civilian space, including federal, national and local law enforcement personnel. American Public Education segment (American Military University and American Public University System, Inc) offers 124-degree programs and 112 certificate programs in fields ranging from national security, military studies, intelligence, homeland security, criminal justice, technology, business administration, education, health science, education and liberal arts. Hondros College of Nursing segment provides nursing education through in-person classes and online. The students are offered Diploma in Practical Nursing and Associate Degree in Nursing.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $624.56M
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $16.11M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 20.47
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 26.70
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 1.36
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 0.83
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 1.94
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 13.97
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 5.87%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 3.86%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 9.96%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 4.52%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 3.27
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 3.27
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.35
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) --
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $14.98
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $0.41
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $0.55
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $1.02
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Education & Training Services
Common Shares Outstanding 18.04M
Free Float 14.88M
Market Capitalization $525.04M
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.23M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.56
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 17.54%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 79.62%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $0.00
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.00%