American Public Education (APEI) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
American Public Education's EBT Margin came in at 8.25% for Q2 2026, up 4.61 percentage points from 3.64% a year earlier but down 2.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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American Public Education (APEI) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, American Public Education reported EBT Margin of 8.96%, up 2.48 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 6.74%, up 1.78 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has increased in each of the last three years, though with a five-year change of -1.30 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, EBT Margin was 4.95% in FY2024 (+13.74 pp), -8.79% in FY2023 (+16.16 pp), -24.94% in FY2022 (-31.18 pp) and 6.23% in FY2021 (-1.80 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly EBT Margin is -97.16% (Q2 2022) to 12.77% (Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, EBT Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.24 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBT Margin over five years came in Q2 2023 (a gain of 52.08 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 99.72 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows APEI's EBT Margin at 11.01% (Q1 2026), 11.24% (Q4 2025) and 5.29% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 11.15 Bn | 10.15 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 15.12% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 9.53 Bn | -1.61 Bn | 5,600.00 | 5.61% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 7.16 Bn | -5.83 Bn | 438.20 Mn | 72.83% |
| 4 | Laureate Education | 5.43 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 35.52% |
| 5 | Graham Holdings | 5.11 Bn | 202.28 Mn | 392.03 Mn | 24.37% |
| 6 | Covista | 4.47 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 17.63% |
| 7 | Valvoline | 4.04 Bn | 3.75 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 15.72% |
| 8 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.63 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 8.44% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.55 Bn | 446.85 Mn | 217.28 Mn | 16.40% |
| 10 | American Public Education | 903.50 Mn | 90.06 Mn | 95.09 Mn | 8.25% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.25% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.01% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.24% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.64% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.90% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.77% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.27% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.72% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -45.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -4.78% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.09% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -97.16% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.12% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.69% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.04% |
API Access
American Public Education EBT Margin 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=ebt-margin&ticker=APEI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "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=ebt-margin&ticker=APEI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();