American Public Education, Inc.

APEI Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

American Public Education, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $648.9 million, up 3.89% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+5.51%
EPS
+2,750.0%
Free cash flow
−78.0%
Total debt
−7.23%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

37.42 0.80 −2.09%
Market cap
$699.5M
P/E
14.9×
Fwd P/E
15.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.73
Beneish M
−2.75
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
16.53 19.69 18.36 43.48 24.00 21.91 0.00 0.00 38.52 26.81
Piotroski F-Score
6 5 7 4 8 2 5 6 8 7
Altman Z-Score
6.87 7.11 7.84 6.49 6.39 1.94 1.04 1.37 2.42 3.73
P/S ratio
1.27 1.40 1.57 1.54 1.41 0.96 0.40 0.30 0.61 1.05
P/FCF ratio
9.85 12.09 13.44 14.17 11.15 78.76 17.84 5.68 13.68 9.86
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
9.59 10.72 11.88 9.86 9.93 3.34 1.21 1.97 3.44 4.20
Beneish M-Score
(3.08) (2.85) (1.73) (3.07) (2.54) (0.43) (3.39) (3.19) (2.44) (2.75)
P/Operating CF
29.90 22.43 25.07 68.51 5,888.58 25.65 (10.53) (57.40) 237.76 (58.94)
P/B ratio
1.51 1.45 1.45 1.49 1.48 0.97 0.78 0.72 1.44 2.31
EV/Sales
0.81 0.80 0.86 0.87 0.73 0.99 0.36 0.24 0.53 0.95
EV/EBITDA
4.04 4.47 5.09 7.00 6.22 8.42 4.37 3.21 6.11 9.37
EV/FCF
6.23 6.92 7.33 8.03 5.77 80.89 16.23 4.57 11.83 8.88
Current Ratio
3.76 4.41 5.25 4.92 4.57 2.42 2.63 2.94 3.29 3.46
Net Debt/EBITDA
(2.35) (3.34) (4.24) (5.35) (5.80) 0.22 (0.72) (1.10) (1.22) (1.25)
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.03 0.39 0.27 0.32 0.31 0.32
ROE
9.63% 7.62% 8.40% 3.24% 6.24% 4.91% (31.71%) (18.96%) 3.89% 9.05%
ROA
7.85% 6.45% 7.22% 2.76% 5.19% 3.24% (17.16%) (9.09%) 1.78% 4.64%
ROIC
20.22% 19.77% 18.63% 7.54% 17.57% 4.45% (26.92%) (12.46%) 8.67% 14.07%
Return on Tangible Assets
11.28% 8.69% 9.32% 3.91% 7.10% 8.02% (53.20%) (23.08%) 3.95% 9.91%
Average Days of Receivables
8.10 8.70 18.34 16.68 20.02 36.02 27.22 31.27 37.06 38.88
Earnings Yield
6.05% 5.08% 5.45% 2.30% 4.17% 4.56% (47.43%) (29.52%) 2.60% 3.73%
Free Cash Flow Yield
10.15% 8.27% 7.44% 7.06% 8.97% 1.27% 5.60% 17.60% 7.31% 10.14%
Free Cash Flow per Share
2.52 2.13 2.12 1.93 2.73 0.28 0.72 1.75 1.58 3.83
Book value per Share
16.47 17.83 19.58 18.44 20.63 22.98 18.54 16.12 17.24 16.37
Free Cash Flow
40.46 34.64 34.75 31.12 40.65 5.11 13.59 31.74 27.79 69.06
EV/EBIT
6.59 6.88 7.83 19.59 9.48 13.61 0.00 0.00 9.95 12.79
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