What is American Public Education's income tax?

American Public Education (APEI) reported income tax of $1.52M in Q1 2026.

How has American Public Education's income tax changed year-over-year?

American Public Education's income tax decreased by 38.6% year-over-year, from $2.47M to $1.52M.

What is the long-term trend for American Public Education's income tax?

Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), American Public Education's income tax has grown at a 17.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.51M to $12.15M.

What does income tax mean?

Total income tax expense (current + deferred) recognized in the income statement, representing the company's total tax obligation on pre-tax income.

American Public Education APEI Income Tax

Income Tax at other companies

Strategic Education, Inc.STRA

$9.48M-22.7%

Universal Technical InstituteUTI

-$50K-101%

Grand Canyon EducationLOPE

$23.14M+16.9%

PRD

Perdoceo EducationPRDO

$14.18M+10.6%

Segments

By segment

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Military+ Segment$7.76M—

Health+$166K—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$174.7M+6.2%

Gross profit$100.1M+11.7%

Operating income$21.6M+76.7%

Net income$17.7M+99.4%

EPS (diluted)$0.94+129%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$221.0M+17.9%

Total debt$153.5M-22.8%

Total equity$306.2M-1.2%

Total assets$537.9M-7.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$63.3M+71.1%

CapEx$2.5M-35.2%

Free cash flow$60.8M+83.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$956.25M+82.7%

Enterprise value$888.71M+66.7%

P/E23.7×+0.9×

P/S1.5×+0.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin55%+2.0pp

Operating margin8.7%+2.4pp

Net margin6.1%+2.5pp

FCF margin9.4%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.1%+5.4pp

Debt / equity0.5×-0.1×

Current ratio3×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Public Education in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: American Public Education’s 10-Q, filed May 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is American Public Education's income tax?: American Public Education (APEI) reported income tax of $1.52M in Q1 2026.
How has American Public Education's income tax changed year-over-year?: American Public Education's income tax decreased by 38.6% year-over-year, from $2.47M to $1.52M.
What is the long-term trend for American Public Education's income tax?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), American Public Education's income tax has grown at a 17.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.51M to $12.15M.
What does income tax mean?: Total income tax expense (current + deferred) recognized in the income statement, representing the company's total tax obligation on pre-tax income.