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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
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
-33% -1% 30% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
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 MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $649M $32M 54.2% 7.4% 10.7% 6.1% $46M $95M $176M
2024 $625M $16M 52.7% 5.3% 5.3% 2.8% $28M $93M $159M
2023 $601M -$47M 51.2% -8.0% -16.2% -8.5% $32M $95M $144M
2022 $606M -$115M 52.4% -22.7% -32.9% -18.7% $13M $93M $129M
2021 $419M $18M 58.8% 7.3% 4.3% 2.4% $4M $161M $150M
2020 $322M $19M 62.0% 7.7% 6.1% 5.1% $40M $0 $228M
2019 $286M $10M 60.9% 4.5% 3.4% 2.8% $31M — $203M
2018 $298M $26M 61.3% 10.9% 8.0% 6.9% $35M — $212M
2017 $299M $21M 61.2% 11.6% 7.3% 6.2% $33M — $179M
2016 $313M $24M 62.6% 12.2% 9.1% 7.7% $40M — $146M
2015 — $32M — — 13.7% 10.8% $31M — $106M
2014 — $41M — — 17.5% 13.7% — — —
2013 — $42M — — 20.3% 15.5% $39M — —
2012 — $42M — — 24.7% 17.8% $18M — —
2011 — $41M — — 30.5% 20.5% $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 22.4 44.9 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.8 1.6 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '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?

American Public Education Inc's P/E (TTM) is 16.98 as of the 2026-11-03 close — market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year, the same figure as on the APEI stock page. The valuation chart above sets each month-end's price against the latest annual net income instead, so its latest point (about 24.6× as of Nov '26) can differ. 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), split-adjusted; price return — dividends not reinvested · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.