American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

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American Public Education, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-06-14) (its current reports).

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American Public Education, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $313 million in fiscal 2016 to $649 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 9% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

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Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, American Public Education, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 12% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 25 sales (7 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29 (their Form 4 filings).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, American Public Education, Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 67 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 43 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.8% over the year (the filed statements).

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American Public Education, Inc.'s standing among 41 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $649 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 41% by size; a net margin of 4.9% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 2.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

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American Public Education, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Selden, Angela K. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-09-25, 7.1 years (top 42% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.3 years (bottom 19%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 41%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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American Public Education, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $174 million against debt of $95 million leaves 15.2% of its assets as net cash, top 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.1% of revenue (top 38%); a gross margin of 54.2% (top 43%) (its annual report).

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American Public Education, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.3% a year over the last three filed years against 8.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 47% of its family); the newest year grew 3.9% (bottom 47%); capital spending grew -1.1% a year (bottom 49%) (its annual reports). American Public Education, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Instructional Services Net of Grants and Scholarships at $592 million (91%), Textbook and Other Course Materials at $48 million (7%), Other Fees at $5 million (1%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

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American Public Education, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $649 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.4% above the $634 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 29% of its family); net income of $32 million against a prior three-year average of $49 million (top 7%); a net margin of 4.9% against -8.1% before (top 24%) (its annual reports).