Growth Metrics

American Public Education (APEI) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

American Public Education has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 9.86% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 9.86% for Q4 2025, down 880.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 7.1% (up 266.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 7.1%, up 266.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 9.86% at American Public Education, down from 10.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for APEI hit a ceiling of 20.11% in Q1 2025 and a floor of 18.71% in Q4 2022.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 6.33% (2021), compared with a mean of 3.83%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: crashed -2828bps in 2021 and later skyrocketed 1546bps in 2022.
  • American Public Education's FCF Margin stood at 6.28% in 2021, then crashed by -398bps to 18.71% in 2022, then soared by 74bps to 4.93% in 2023, then soared by 78bps to 1.07% in 2024, then crashed by -822bps to 9.86% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 9.86% (Q4 2025), 10.73% (Q3 2025), and 6.83% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.