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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 $928.2M against $699.5M — 1.3× the size. Afya Limited trades at the lower P/E: 6.2× against 15.1×. 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 6.15 15.14 12.09
P/S 1.24 1.04 0.80
P/B 0.92 2.22 1.39
Price to free cash flow 3.72 9.95 7.31
EV/EBITDA 3.61 6.97 6.36
EV/Sales 1.53 0.84 0.58
Earnings yield 16.26% 6.61% 3.29%
Free cash flow yield 26.87% 10.05% 3.03%

Profitability

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 64.09% 55.85% 55.03%
Operating margin 32.70% 9.56% 0.00%
Net margin 20.58% 6.84% 1.77%
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% 5.84%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.50% 147.27% 14.71%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.23% 15.06% 4.24%
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 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.59 (1.25) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield 6.47% — 2.64%
Payout ratio 0.40 — 0.26

Size

Metric AFYA APEI Education & Training Services median
Market cap 928.24m 699.49m 59.54m

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