American Public Education (APEI) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)
American Public Education (APEI) posted Debt Ratio of 0.17 for Q2 2026, little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.17 in Q1 2026, and down 1.32% year-over-year from 0.18 in Q2 2025.
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American Public Education (APEI) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
American Public Education has reported Debt Ratio for 9 years, with the latest figure at 0.17 in Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 1.32% year-over-year to 0.17 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.17, a 1.32% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.18, up 10.79% from the prior year.
- Debt Ratio was 0.17 for Q2 2026 at American Public Education, roughly flat from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.25 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.15 in Q1 2023.
- Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.18, with a median of 0.17 recorded in 2023.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Debt Ratio tumbled 35.08% in 2022, then climbed 12.41% in 2024.
- Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.15 in 2022, then increased by 12.16% to 0.17 in 2023, then slipped by 3.53% to 0.16 in 2024, then gained by 10.79% to 0.18 in 2025, then dropped by 4.86% to 0.17 in 2026.
- The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.17 (Q2 2026), 0.17 (Q1 2026), and 0.18 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 10.64 Bn | 10.38 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 0.29 |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 8.69 Bn | 6.29 Bn | -19,600.00 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Laureate Education | 5.06 Bn | 4.90 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 0.09 |
| 4 | Graham Holdings | 4.89 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 777.03 Mn | 0.11 |
| 5 | Covista | 4.19 Bn | 3.78 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 0.22 |
| 6 | Valvoline | 3.67 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 0.47 |
| 7 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.28 Bn | 3.11 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 0.34 |
| 8 | Stride | 3.26 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 217.28 Mn | 0.34 |
| 9 | TAL Education | 2.28 Bn | -596.06 Mn | 438.20 Mn | - |
| 10 | American Public Education | 760.06 Mn | 537.26 Mn | 95.09 Mn | 0.17 |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.17 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.17 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.16 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.16 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.17 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.17 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.17 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.15 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.25 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.25 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.22 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.24 |
API Access
American Public Education Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=APEI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "APEI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=APEI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();