undamentalytics Newsletter
Sign in

American Public Education Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, American Public Education Inc had return on equity of 10.5% and a net margin of 4.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2007Dec 20072008Dec 20082009Dec 20092010Dec 20102016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin12.7%15.1%16.1%15.1%7.7%7.1%8.6%3.5%5.8%4.2%−19.0%−7.9%2.6%4.9%6.8%
Return on equity26.1%37.2%35.3%33.3%13.3%7.6%8.4%3.2%6.2%4.9%−30.1%−14.7%5.4%10.5%15.0%
Return on assets—20.5%24.6%23.2%10.6%6.5%7.2%2.8%5.2%3.2%−17.2%−8.1%2.9%5.8%8.6%
Effective tax rate43.8%38.7%40.1%40.4%38.9%32.8%26.2%31.1%27.2%28.8%——33.7%27.8%23.7%
Dividends ÷ net income>999%——————————————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $538m
Short-term assets $283mLonger-term assets $255m
What it owes, and who funded it · $538m
Short-term liabilities $87mLonger-term liabilities $137mShareholders' equity $314m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $283m of assets due within a year against $87m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $283m short-term assets against $137m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $147m of cash against $87m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 28% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 37% to 28% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $86m of operating cash flow against $87m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.

From American Public Education Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

49 /100

Moderate moat

How hard American Public Education's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 12 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 9.7% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 16 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 55.1%, moving by 4.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.4%; its worst year was -21.3%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 9.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 12 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 15.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (54 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

Compare with peers

Head to head: AFYA vs APEIAPEI vs LINCAPEI vs PRDO

More: Education Services stocks compared, Consumer Discretionary sector, rankings of US companies

Figures from American Public Education Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to American Public Education Inc.