american public education inc. - APEI

APEI

Close Chg Chg %
53.89 1.60 2.97%

Closed Market

55.49

+1.60 (2.97%)

Volume: 538.15K

Last Updated:

Mar 23, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: american public education inc. - APEI

APEI Key Data

Open

$54.72

Day Range

54.72 - 56.38

52 Week Range

20.75 - 58.69

Market Cap

$990.52M

Shares Outstanding

18.38M

Public Float

17.06M

Beta

1.70

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

39.74

EPS

$1.40

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

498.22K

 

APEI Performance

1 Week
 
0.00%
 
1 Month
 
17.61%
 
3 Months
 
43.82%
 
1 Year
 
142.97%
 
5 Years
 
44.79%
 

APEI Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 8
Full Ratings ➔

About american public education inc. - APEI

American Public Education, Inc. provides online and on-campus postsecondary education services. It operates through the following segments: American Public University System (APUS) segment, Rasmussen University (RU) segment and Hondros College of Nursing (HCN) segment. The American Public University System segment provides online postsecondary educational services. The Rasmussen University segment provides nursing and health sciences focused on postsecondary educational services. The Hondros College of Nursing segment provides nursing educational services. The company was founded by James P. Etter in 1991 and is headquartered in Charles Town, WV.

APEI At a Glance

American Public Education, Inc.
111 West Congress Street
Charles Town, West Virginia 25414
Phone 1-304-724-3700 Revenue 648.86M
Industry Other Consumer Services Net Income 31.56M
Sector Consumer Services 2025 Sales Growth 3.891%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 5,841
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APEI Valuation

P/E Current 39.739
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 27.874
Price to Sales Ratio 1.087
Price to Book Ratio 2.324
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 11.38
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 9.882
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.066
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.236

APEI Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 111,087.485
Income Per Employee 5,402.671
Receivables Turnover 9.387
Total Asset Turnover 1.137

APEI Liquidity

Current Ratio 3.462
Quick Ratio 3.462
Cash Ratio 2.352

APEI Profitability

Gross Margin 51.736
Operating Margin 8.301
Pretax Margin 6.736
Net Margin 4.863
Return on Assets 5.53
Return on Equity 10.543
Return on Total Capital 6.894
Return on Invested Capital 6.733

APEI Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 55.282
Total Debt to Total Capital 35.601
Total Debt to Total Assets 29.987
Long-Term Debt to Equity 51.423
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 33.116
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Annual Financials for American Public Education Inc. - APEI

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
606.33M 600.54M 624.56M 648.86M
Sales Growth
+44.78% -0.95% +4.00% +3.89%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
320.60M 320.68M 315.01M 313.17M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
32.13M 27.82M 19.30M 16.15M
Depreciation
16.20M 15.60M 16.00M 16.10M
Amortization of Intangibles
15.93M 12.22M 3.30M 48.00K
COGS Growth
+69.55% +0.02% -1.77% -0.58%
Gross Income
285.73M 279.87M 309.55M 335.69M
Gross Income Growth
+24.39% -2.05% +10.61% +8.44%
Gross Profit Margin
+47.12% +46.60% +49.56% +51.74%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
273.10M 261.19M 270.77M 281.83M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
273.10M 261.19M 270.77M 281.83M
SGA Growth
+43.44% -4.36% +3.67% +4.09%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
148.80M 64.00M 3.71M 77.00K
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(136.17M) (45.33M) 35.07M 53.78M
Non Operating Income/Expense
2.65M (2.98M) (2.00M) (5.85M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
17.73M 4.46M 2.13M 4.23M
Interest Expense Growth
+314.50% -74.85% -52.30% +98.87%
Gross Interest Expense
17.73M 4.46M 2.13M 4.23M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(151.25M) (52.77M) 30.94M 43.70M
Pretax Income Growth
-679.63% +65.11% +158.64% +41.26%
Pretax Margin
-24.94% -8.79% +4.95% +6.74%
Income Tax
(36.28M) (10.71M) 10.42M 12.15M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
6.38M 4.81M 5.83M 4.01M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(42.66M) (15.53M) 4.59M 8.14M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(114.99M) (47.29M) 16.11M 31.56M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
(114.99M) (47.29M) 16.11M 31.56M
Net Income Growth
-747.77% +58.88% +134.08% +95.85%
Net Margin Growth
-18.97% -7.87% +2.58% +4.86%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(114.99M) (47.29M) 16.11M 31.56M
Preferred Dividends
48.00K 6.01M 6.06M 6.25M
Net Income Available to Common
(115.04M) (53.29M) 10.06M 25.30M
EPS (Basic)
-6.1001 -2.9425 0.5706 1.405
EPS (Basic) Growth
-721.44% +51.76% +119.39% +146.23%
Basic Shares Outstanding
18.86M 18.11M 17.63M 18.01M
EPS (Diluted)
-6.1001 -2.9425 0.5541 1.3561
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-727.32% +51.76% +118.83% +144.74%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
18.91M 18.19M 18.15M 18.66M
EBITDA
44.76M 46.49M 58.09M 70.01M
EBITDA Growth
-21.68% +3.87% +24.94% +20.53%
EBITDA Margin
+7.38% +7.74% +9.30% +10.79%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 48.286
Number of Ratings 8 Current Quarters Estimate 0.64
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 2.426
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.67 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.36 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 3.044
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 8 8 8 7
Mean Estimate 0.64 0.40 2.43 3.04
High Estimates 0.74 0.60 2.66 3.72
Low Estimate 0.58 0.34 2.35 2.61
Coefficient of Variance 7.42 21.09 4.37 13.31

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 7
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for American Public Education Inc. - APEI

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 20, 2025 Richard W. Sunderland EVP, Chief Financial Officer 171,461 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $27.72 per share 4,752,898.92
May 12, 2025 James Kenigsberg Director 25,832 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $25.67 per share 663,107.44
Apr 2, 2025 Eric Christian Andersen Director 66,920 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $21.2 per share 1,418,704.00

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