American Public Education APEI Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 55%+2.0pp | 54.2%+1.6pp | 54.2%+2.3pp | 53.4%+1.3pp | 53%+1.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 8.7%+2.4pp | 7.4%+2.1pp | 7.7%— | 7%— | 6.3%— | |
| Net margin | 6.1%+2.5pp | 4.9%+2.5pp | 4.7%+2.3pp | 4.2%+2.7pp | 3.6%+10.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 13.1%+5.4pp | 10.5%+5.6pp | 10.7%+5.6pp | 9.7%+6.5pp | 7.7%+21.2pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 16%+7.7pp | 11%+4.8pp | 11.8%+4.0pp | 9.8%+1.7pp | 8.3%+18.7pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.1×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 3×-0.3× | 3.5×+0.2× | 2.8×+0.2× | 2.8×0.0× | 3.3×+0.5× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×-0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.9×-1.1× | -0.2×-1.0× | -0.4×-1.3× | 0.3×-0.7× | 0.2×— | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $16.28-3.3% | $15.80-5.7% | $14.89-6.4% | $14.64-8.0% | $16.83+3.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $956.25M+77.9% | $683.61M+78.9% | $713.11M+173% | $536.86M+73.8% | $401.67M+61.6% | |
| Price / earnings | 23.7×+0.3× | 21.7×-4.4× | 23.4×+5.6× | 19.8×-14.4× | 17.4×— | |
| Price / sales | 1.5×+0.6× | 1.1×+0.4× | 1.1×+0.7× | 0.8×+0.3× | 0.6×+0.2× | |
| Price / book | 3.1×+1.4× | 2.3×+1.1× | 2.6×+1.7× | 2×+0.9× | 1.3×+0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1×+2.7× | 10.5×+2.4× | 10.3×+3.8× | 9×+1.9× | 7.1×— |
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Compare these in charts →Questions, answered.
- What are American Public Education's profit margins?
- American Public Education (APEI) runs a 55.0% gross margin and a 8.7% operating margin, with a 6.1% net margin.
- Where do American Public Education's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from American Public Education's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
