APEI · American Public Education, Inc.

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American Public Education Inc (APEI)

NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET Diversified Consumer Services
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$47.74 -0.90 (-1.85%)
● At close: October 21 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
DAY'S RANGE $47.74
$47.36 $48.38
52-WEEK RANGE $47.74
$30.20 $61.59

What's happening

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Key Statistics

Market Cap$875.7M
P/E (TTM1)19.17
EPS2 (TTM)$2.43
Div Yield—
Beta31.45
Volume9,207
Open48.23
Prev Close48.64
Bid / Ask29.54 / 68.27
Next Earnings 2026-11-10

Analyst Recommendations

Strong buy 4 Buy 8 Hold 2 Sell 0 Strong sell 0

Aggregate ratings for 2026-10-01 (14 analysts polled by Finnhub) — consensus count.

Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)

YTD RETURN
APEI +28.47%
vs S&P 500 +15.69%
1-YEAR RETURN
APEI +29.42%
vs S&P 500 +14.86%
6-MONTH RETURN
APEI -18.44%
3-MONTH RETURN
APEI -0.61%

Valuation Measures & Ratios

Enterprise Value4$817.8M
Forward P/E513.80
PEG Ratio61.11
Price / Sales (TTM1)1.31
Price / Book73.14
EV4 / Revenue1.22
EV4 / EBITDA10.44
Profit Margin6.84%
Operating Margin9.31%
Return on Equity (ROE8)15.30%
Return on Assets (ROA9)8.61%
Avg Volume (3M)291,890
Quarterly history (5 periods)
Measure Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25
Market cap $1.01B $1.07B — $732.3M —
Price/Sales 1.51 1.63 — 1.12 —
Price/Book 3.21 3.50 — 2.62 —
EV/Revenue 1.64 1.76 — 0.97 —

Trailing-twelve-month ratios computed from SEC EDGAR quarterly figures and historical daily close prices (Alpaca). Diluted shares are derived from Net income ÷ EPS (diluted) for each quarter, not separately reported. Forward P/E/PEG unavailable (no free data source).

Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
1. TTM
Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
2. EPS
Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
3. Beta
A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
4. EV (Enterprise Value)
Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
5. Forward P/E
Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
6. PEG Ratio
P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
7. Price / Book
Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
8. ROE
Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
9. ROA
Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
10. MRQ
Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
11. YoY
Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.

Short Interest

Shares Short2,369,808
Change from Prior Settlement+18.37%
% of Float—
Days to Cover (Short Ratio)8.05

Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-09-30. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.

Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.

Price history

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Technical signal summary

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Peer and sector context

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Balanced evidence

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Potential strengths

Potential concerns

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Financials

Income statement

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Revenue $171.7M $174.7M $158.3M $163.2M $162.8M $164.6M $164.1M $153.1M
Operating income $13.5M $21.6M — $9.7M $7.0M $12.2M — $4.1M
Net income $9.8M $17.7M — $5.6M $4.5M $8.9M — $2.3M
EPS (diluted) $0.52 $0.94 $0.67 $0.30 $-0.02 $0.41 $0.63 $0.04
EPS (basic) $0.53 $0.97 $0.70 $0.31 $-0.02 $0.42 $0.65 $0.04
Operating margin $8 $12 — $6 $4 $7 — $3

Balance sheet

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Total assets $537.7M $537.9M $521.4M $525.3M $537.4M $578.7M $570.1M $569.6M
Total liabilities $223.7M $231.7M $226.6M $246.0M $265.1M $268.6M $266.2M $279.2M
Stockholders' equity $314.1M $306.2M $294.8M $279.3M $272.2M $310.0M $303.9M $290.4M
Total current assets $282.5M $282.1M $259.8M $259.1M $235.0M $272.5M $260.6M $236.5M
Total current liabilities $87.0M $94.5M $75.0M $91.4M $82.9M $83.4M $79.2M $89.4M
Cash & equivalents — — $174.1M $191.3M $174.9M $161.6M $131.9M $135.4M

Cash flow

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Operating cash flow $12.1M $63.3M -$11.6M $21.7M $14.8M $37.0M $1.6M $14.1M
Investing cash flow -$80.7M -$2.5M -$5.7M -$4.9M $18.8M -$3.4M -$3.4M -$6.3M
Financing cash flow -$5.9M -$16.3M $559.0K -$248.0K -$44.5M -$5.0M -$1.6M -$1.7M
Free cash flow $7.4M $60.8M -$15.6M $17.5M $11.1M $33.1M -$1.8M $7.8M
Capital expenditures $4.7M $2.5M $4.1M $4.2M $3.7M $3.9M $3.4M $6.3M
Share-based compensation $2.2M $2.3M $2.2M $1.6M $2.2M $2.3M $2.2M $1.8M

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-Q/10-K), as originally tagged by the company. Quarterly cash flow is reconstructed by de-cumulating fiscal-year-to-date figures (how cash flow is tagged in 10-Qs); other quarterly lines are reported directly.

Institutional holders

SEC Form 13F filers holding APEI as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.

Institutional ownership is not available for this symbol right now.

Insider activity

Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2026-03-10 to 2026-10-20

Recent transactions

  • Insiders have net sold 24,613 shares over the last 182 days, across 0 purchases and 7 sales.
  • Most recent: Codispoti Edward H (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) — Tax withholding of 689 shares on 2026-10-20.

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months

Purchases (open market)0 sh(0 txns)
Sales (open market)24,613 sh(7 txns)
Net Shares-24,613

Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.

Insider roster

NameTitleMost Recent TransactionDateShares
Codispoti Edward HEVP & Chief Financial OfficerTax withholding2026-10-20689
Pianko Daniel S.DirectorGrant / award2026-10-011,106
Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSOption exercise2026-08-128,800
Kenigsberg JamesChief Inno & Tech OfficerOpen market sale2026-08-121,313
Beckett ThomasSVP, General CounselOpen market sale2026-06-222,000
Braner Michael DavidDirectorGrant / award2026-05-222,135
Statuto Richard J.DirectorGrant / award2026-05-222,135
Fabrega Anna M.DirectorGrant / award2026-05-222,135
Blevins Granetta B.DirectorGrant / award2026-05-222,135
325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale2026-03-2062,100
Gaffney KarmelaSVP, Chief Marketing OfficerOpen market sale2026-03-172,700
Axenson Tanya JoySVP, Chief HR OfficerOpen market sale2026-03-1610,617

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPrice
2026-10-20Codispoti Edward HEVP & Chief Financial OfficerTax withholding 689$48.56
2026-10-01Pianko Daniel S.DirectorGrant / award 1,106$36.15
2026-08-12Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSOption exercise 8,800$10.66
2026-08-12Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSOpen market sale 8,800$45.13
2026-08-12Kenigsberg JamesChief Inno & Tech OfficerOpen market sale 1,313$45.72
2026-08-04Kenigsberg JamesChief Inno & Tech OfficerTax withholding 2,133$53.42
2026-08-03Kenigsberg JamesChief Inno & Tech OfficerGrant / award 7,573$0.00
2026-07-01Pianko Daniel S.DirectorGrant / award 1,107$36.15
2026-06-22Beckett ThomasSVP, General CounselOpen market sale 2,000$54.00
2026-06-15Beckett ThomasSVP, General CounselOpen market sale 5,213$51.39
2026-06-15Beckett ThomasSVP, General CounselOpen market sale 2,587$52.44
2026-06-15Beckett ThomasSVP, General CounselOpen market sale 200$53.01
2026-05-22Braner Michael DavidDirectorGrant / award 2,135$0.00
2026-05-22Kenigsberg JamesInt Chief Inno & Tech OfficerTax withholding 1,286$51.50
2026-05-22Statuto Richard J.DirectorGrant / award 2,135$0.00
2026-05-22Fabrega Anna M.DirectorGrant / award 2,135$0.00
2026-05-22Blevins Granetta B.DirectorGrant / award 2,135$0.00
2026-05-22Pianko Daniel S.DirectorGrant / award 2,135$0.00
2026-05-13Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSOpen market sale 4,500$53.34
2026-04-01Pianko Daniel S.DirectorGrant / award 1,107$36.15
2026-03-20325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 62,100$53.74
2026-03-20325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 2,900$54.60
2026-03-19325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 10,477$54.20
2026-03-19325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 80,333$54.79
2026-03-19325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 4,702$55.55
2026-03-19Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSOpen market sale 1,100$54.08
2026-03-18325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 63,500$55.41
2026-03-17Gaffney KarmelaSVP, Chief Marketing OfficerOpen market sale 2,700$55.87
2026-03-17325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 58,797$55.85
2026-03-16325 CAPITAL LLCSee FootnotesOpen market sale 61,962$55.45
2026-03-16Beckett ThomasSVP, General CounselOpen market sale 2,000$57.70
2026-03-16Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSOpen market sale 6,500$53.87
2026-03-16Axenson Tanya JoySVP, Chief HR OfficerOpen market sale 10,617$55.20
2026-03-16Axenson Tanya JoySVP, Chief HR OfficerOpen market sale 8,817$56.18
2026-03-16Axenson Tanya JoySVP, Chief HR OfficerOpen market sale 566$56.90
2026-03-10Gaffney KarmelaSVP, Chief Marketing OfficerGrant / award 14,425$0.00
2026-03-10Gaffney KarmelaSVP, Chief Marketing OfficerTax withholding 1,469$45.51
2026-03-10Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSGrant / award 13,770$0.00
2026-03-10Fernandes Nuno S.President, APUSTax withholding 1,807$45.51

Recent SEC filings

Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-10-21 22:48 UTC

FiledFormReport periodOfficial filing
2026-10-2142026-10-20 View on SEC.gov →
2026-10-0242026-10-01 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1342026-08-12 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1342026-08-12 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-108-K2026-08-10 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1010-Q2026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0542026-08-03 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-058-K2026-08-05 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-0242026-07-01 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-2342026-06-22 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-1742026-06-15 View on SEC.gov →
2026-05-2742026-05-22 View on SEC.gov →

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