APEIAmerican Public Education, Inc.
Is the price fair?
Undemanding: modest expectations priced in and cheap against its own history.
Priced for a decline (~−0% a year). The price demands less than its three-year revenue growth of 4% a year, expectations look modest.
Cheap vs its own history: P/E 20.1 vs a 24.3 median over 33 quarters (−17% vs median).
Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.
What APEI's price assumes
American Public Education, Inc. trades at 20.1× earnings against 18.8× for the median Education & Training Services name, more expensive than its own group.
Trailing P/E · Education & Training Services median 18.8 · 1.07× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 1.51
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2
- Free cash flow yield
- 7.8%
Free cash flow yield · Education & Training Services median 8.6%
- Growth the price implies
- −0.35%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for −0.35% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; revenue has grown 3.7% a year over the last three.
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- Price / bookas of 2026-Q2
- 3.22
- EV / EBITas of 2026-Q2
- 13.7
- EV / salesas of 2026-Q2
- 1.31
- Consumer Defensive median P/E140 names
- 21.7
- Education & Training Services median P/E17 names
- 18.8
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $70M
- Market capitalisation18.3 million shares, counted Aug 6, 2026
- $893M
- 3-year revenue growth
- +3.7%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $53.19 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $59.05 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $70.55 |
| 52-week range | $30.67 – $60.86 |
| Today | $48.79 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
What is it worth?
Today's price against what its own multiples, its cash flow and your growth assumption say it is worth.
Against its own past
Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.
Education & Training Services
Ranks #14 of 15 by RyuScore