NASDAQ · APEI

American Public Education, Inc.

$49.44 +$1.73 (+3.63%) 1D After hours

Key Metrics

$875.17M
Market cap
21.67×
P/E · TTM
$659.05M
Revenue · TTM
$40.40M
Net income
EPS · TTM $2.19
Dividend yield
Free cash flow $73.78M
Beta · 1Y 0.27
EBITDA · TTM
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jul 15
    The stock moved -15.2% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jul 15
  • Mar 13
    The stock moved +21.2% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Mar 13

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$875.17M
Enterprise value
Shares outstanding18.3M
52-wk range$27.74 – $61.59
Avg volume · 20D176.5K
Net cash
Book value / share$16.62
IndustryServices-Educational Services
ExchangeNASDAQ
About American Public Education, Inc.
IPO dateNov 9, 2007
Employees5841

American Public Education Inc provides online and campus based postsecondary education including various undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

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Valuation

P/E21.67
P/S1.33
P/FCF11.86
EV/EBITDA
EV/Sales
Graham №$28.64

Profitability

Gross
Operating 8.3%
Net 6.1%
FCF 11.2%
ROE / ROIC 13.2% · —

Financial Health

Current ratio2.98
Quick ratio
Debt / equity0.29
Debt / EBITDA
Net cash
Working capital$187.59M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $88.27M
Capex −$14.49M
Free cash flow $73.78M
Buybacks $9.28M
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield 1.1%

Piotroski F-Score

6 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 6 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

4.2
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$28.64 vs $49.44
Trades 1.7× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-03-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings