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Afya Limited (AFYA) vs American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

Afya Limited and American Public Education, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Afya Limited is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $899.2M — 1.5× the size. Afya Limited trades at the lower P/E: 8.8× against 19.6×. Afya Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.4% against 3.64%. Afya Limited has the higher net margin (20.6% vs 6.84%) and the lower return on invested capital (12.5% vs 22.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Afya Limited leads on 15 and American Public Education, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
P/E 8.81 19.60 13.22
P/S 1.78 1.35 0.99
P/B 1.32 2.88 1.62
Price to free cash flow 5.33 12.89 10.06
EV/EBITDA 4.87 9.52 8.56
EV/Sales 2.07 1.15 0.78
Earnings yield 11.36% 5.10% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 18.77% 7.76% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 64.09% 55.85% 54.64%
Operating margin 32.70% 9.56% 0.00%
Net margin 20.58% 6.84% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 33.43% 10.49% 0.00%
Return on equity 16.63% 15.58% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.58% 8.50% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 12.54% 22.35% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.43% 3.64% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.50% 147.27% 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.23% 15.06% 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.92% 6.10% 0.00%

Health

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.42 0.28 0.05
Current ratio 2.20 3.25 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.59 (1.25) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield 4.52% — 1.84%
Payout ratio 0.40 — 0.23

Size

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Market cap 1.33b 899.16m 68.84m

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