Valuation
26% of the score
89median 50
American Public Education, Inc. is valued at 11.6x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
11.6x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
APEIAmerican Public Education, Inc.
$48.02+29% 1Y
$48.02
$30.6752 weeks$60.86
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 43 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Below average. American Public Education, Inc. scores higher than 38% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and the balance sheet, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.
Consumer Defensive median 62 · all companies 54
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time30
31
42
43
202220232025today
The biggest move was up 11 points from 2023 to 2025, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
0median 23
Over 7 years the business earned -3.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
-3.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 11%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 33
No operating profit over the period, so nothing was earned to reinvest.
Capital allocation
14% of the score
45median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 4.4% a year over 5 years: new shares
85%
-3%
4.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 7% a year, sales 15%
10012%
-2%
-8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
0median 63
Today's operating margin of 9.6% is 3.21x its normal 3%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
3.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 9.6%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDAMore cash than debt
100Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 16x
1001.5x
12x
16.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
94median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 407.16x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
407.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.6% of assets
888%
0%
-8%
-5.6%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
Education & Training Services
Ranks #13 of 15 by RyuScore