American Public Education, Inc. (APEI): Price and Financial Metrics

APEI POWR Grades

• APEI scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 96.93% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for APEI is in Sentiment, which has been heading up over the past 26 weeks.
• APEI's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 46.79% of US stocks).

APEI Stock Summary

• With a price/sales ratio of 0.3, AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC has a higher such ratio than merely 9.29% of stocks in our set.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -24.54%, AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC's debt growth rate surpasses merely 13.36% of about US stocks.
• AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 43.05%, greater than the shareholder yield of 95.73% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC, a group of peers worth examining would be CNET, PTSI, ARKR, GIII, and ATIF.
• Visit APEI's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.apei.com.

APEI Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, APEI's EV/EBIT ratio is 117.19% lower, now standing at -3.
• Over the past 196 months, APEI's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 87.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for APEI.

APEI Growth Metrics

Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -46.72%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 68.73%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -33.4%.

Over the past 33 months, APEI's revenue has gone up $321,620,000.

The table below shows APEI's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	607.89	67.931	-99.077
2022-06-30	556.603	52.758	-95.582
2022-03-31	485.009	30.294	14.978
2021-12-31	418.803	16.265	17.752
2021-09-30	350.712	0.656	15.442
2021-06-30	331.597	21.963	18.351

APEI's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• APEI has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 92.53% of graded US stocks.
• APEI's asset turnover comes in at 0.793 -- ranking 19th of 50 Personal Services stocks.
• CHGG, VERB, and LOPE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with APEI.

The table below shows APEI's key quality metrics over time.