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APEI Financials American Public Education Inc

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 15.1% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (10.9% vs 15.1% per year).
  • Operating margin has been roughly flat, at 7.4% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 2.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • The company holds more cash ($176M) than total debt ($95M).
  • Total debt is 1.5× EBITDA.
Revenue & net income
-$115M $267M $649M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-23% 20% 63% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $23M $46M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $114M $228M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$337M -$47M $242M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $649M $32M 54.2% 7.4% $46M $95M $176M
2024 $625M $16M 52.7% 5.3% $28M $93M $159M
2023 $601M -$47M 51.2% -8.0% $32M $95M $144M
2022 $606M -$115M 52.4% -22.7% $13M $93M $129M
2021 $419M $18M 58.8% 7.3% $4M $161M $150M
2020 $322M $19M 62.0% 7.7% $40M $0 $228M
2019 $286M $10M 60.9% 4.5% $31M $203M
2018 $298M $26M 61.3% 10.9% $35M $212M
2017 $299M $21M 61.2% 11.6% $33M $179M
2016 $313M $24M 62.6% 12.2% $40M $146M
2015 $32M $31M $106M
2014 $41M
2013 $42M $39M
2012 $42M $18M
2011 $41M $46M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced APEI against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 22.5 45.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.8 1.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is APEI growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, American Public Education Inc's revenue has grown 15.1% per year, and net income grown 10.9% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does APEI have?

As of FY2025, American Public Education Inc reported $95M of total debt against $176M of cash.

What is APEI's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 54.2%, operating margin 7.4%, and net margin 4.9%.

What is APEI's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, American Public Education Inc traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 31.1× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.