American Public Education Financial Ratios
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American Public Education ratio analysis
American Public Education earned a net margin of 4.9% in FY 2025, up from 2.6% a year earlier. Gross margin was 54.2% compared with a median of 60.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 10.7%, meaning American Public Education generated 0.11 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.32 versus 0.31 the year before, and the current ratio was 3.46. At the end of FY 2025, APEI traded at 26.6 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 16.5 to 44.1, with a median of 23.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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American Public Education financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 26.58 | 38.56 | — | — | 22.94 | 24.38 | 44.15 | 18.81 | 19.42 | 16.48 |
| Price / sales | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.96 | 1.41 | 1.54 | 1.60 | 1.36 | 1.26 |
| Price / book | 2.21 | 1.23 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.97 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.41 | 1.49 |
| Gross margin | 54.2% | 52.7% | 51.2% | 52.4% | 58.8% | 62.0% | 60.9% | 61.3% | 61.2% | 62.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 5.3% | -8.0% | -22.7% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 4.5% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 2.6% | -7.9% | -19.0% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 8.6% | 7.1% | 7.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.1% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 12.4% | 10.9% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 10.7% | 5.3% | -16.2% | -32.9% | 4.3% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 8.0% | 7.3% | 9.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.1% | 2.8% | -8.5% | -18.7% | 2.4% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 6.9% | 6.2% | 7.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.39 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 3.46 | 3.29 | 2.94 | 2.63 | 2.42 | 4.57 | 4.92 | 5.25 | 4.41 | 3.76 |
| Revenue growth | 3.9% | 4.0% | -1.0% | 44.8% | 30.1% | 12.4% | -3.8% | -0.5% | -4.4% | -4.5% |
| EPS growth | 147.3% | — | — | -726.8% | -22.4% | 101.6% | -59.7% | 19.4% | -13.4% | -22.8% |