American Public Education, Inc. (APEI) vs Gaotu Techedu Inc. (GOTU)

American Public Education, Inc. and Gaotu Techedu Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. American Public Education, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $781.7M against $304.0M — 2.6× the size. Gaotu Techedu Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; American Public Education, Inc. trades at 16.6×. Gaotu Techedu Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.8% against 3.64%. American Public Education, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.84% vs −4.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, American Public Education, Inc. leads on 14 and Gaotu Techedu Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric APEI GOTU Education & Training Services median
P/E 16.58 n/m 11.19
P/S 1.14 0.56 0.92
P/B 2.43 3.55 1.63
Price to free cash flow 10.91 7.47 9.62
EV/EBITDA 7.79 n/m 7.02
EV/Sales 0.94 0.14 0.82
Earnings yield 6.03% (8.54%) 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 9.17% 13.39% 2.30%

Profitability

Metric APEI GOTU Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 55.85% 67.54% 54.64%
Operating margin 9.56% (6.60%) 0.00%
Net margin 6.84% (4.97%) 3.29%
Free cash flow margin 10.49% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 15.58% (25.49%) 0.00%
Return on assets 8.50% (5.51%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.35% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric APEI GOTU Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.64% 28.79% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 147.27% 66.07% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.06% (4.25%) 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric APEI GOTU Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.28 0.51 0.08
Current ratio 3.25 0.86 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (1.25) 8.43 (0.15)

Dividend

Metric APEI GOTU Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric APEI GOTU Education & Training Services median
Market cap 781.66m 303.99m 68.93m

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