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.

American Public Education APEI Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

Quarterly Annual TTM

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	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin	55%+0.8pp	54.2%0.0pp	54.2%+0.8pp	53.4%+0.4pp	53%+0.4pp
Operating margin	8.7%+1.3pp	7.4%-0.3pp	7.7%+0.7pp	7%+0.6pp	6.3%+1.0pp
Net margin	6.1%+1.3pp	4.9%+0.2pp	4.7%+0.4pp	4.2%+0.6pp	3.6%+1.3pp
EBITDA margin	11.2%+1.3pp	9.9%-0.3pp	10.1%+0.5pp	9.6%+0.4pp	9.2%+0.8pp
Returns
Return on equity	13.1%+2.6pp	10.5%-0.1pp	10.7%+1.0pp	9.7%+2.0pp	7.7%+2.8pp
Return on assets	7.2%+1.5pp	5.8%+0.2pp	5.6%+0.6pp	4.9%+0.9pp	4%+1.4pp
Return on invested capital	16%+5.0pp	11%-0.7pp	11.8%+2.0pp	9.8%+1.5pp	8.3%+2.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×+0.1×	1.1×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio	3×-0.5×	3.5×+0.6×	2.8×0.0×	2.8×-0.4×	3.3×0.0×
Quick ratio	3×-0.5×	3.5×+0.6×	2.8×0.0×	2.8×-0.4×	3.3×0.0×
Cash ratio	2.3×0.0×	2.4×+0.2×	2.1×0.0×	2.1×-0.1×	2.2×+0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	0.5×-0.1×	0.6×0.0×	0.6×-0.1×	0.7×+0.1×	0.6×0.0×
Debt-to-assets	0.3×0.0×	0.3×0.0×	0.3×0.0×	0.4×0.0×	0.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA	-0.9×-0.7×	-0.2×+0.2×	-0.4×-0.7×	0.3×+0.1×	0.2×-0.6×
Per Share
Book value per share	$16.28+3.1%	$15.80+6.1%	$14.89+1.7%	$14.64-13.0%	$16.83+0.5%
Valuation
Market capitalization	$956.25M+82.7%	$683.61M-4.1%	$713.11M+32.8%	$536.86M+33.7%	$401.67M+5.1%
Enterprise value	$888.71M+66.7%	$670.08M-2.4%	$686.21M+23.4%	$555.95M+34.7%	$412.87M-2.6%
Price / earnings	23.7×+0.9×	21.7×-1.8×	23.4×+3.6×	19.8×+2.3×	17.4×-8.6×
Price / sales	1.5×+0.6×	1.1×0.0×	1.1×+0.3×	0.8×+0.2×	0.6×0.0×
Price / book	3.2×+1.5×	2.3×-0.2×	2.6×+0.6×	2×+0.7×	1.3×0.0×
EV / EBITDA	12.4×+3.0×	10.5×+0.1×	10.3×+1.4×	9×+1.9×	7.1×-1.0×
EV / sales	1.4×+0.5×	1×0.0×	1×+0.2×	0.9×+0.2×	0.7×0.0×
Earnings yield	4.1%-0.2pp	4.6%+0.3pp	4.3%-0.8pp	5.1%-0.7pp	5.7%+1.9pp
PEG ratio	0.3×—	0.2×0.0×	0.2×+0.1×	0.1×—	——

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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.