Growth Metrics

American Public Education (APEI) Gross Profit (2016 - 2025)

American Public Education has reported Gross Profit over the past 17 years, most recently at -$32.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Profit at -$32.3 million for Q4 2025, down 112.45% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $351.8 million (down 39.09% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $351.8 million, down 29.03%.
  • Gross Profit for Q4 2025 was -$32.3 million at American Public Education, down from $127.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Profit for APEI hit a ceiling of $259.3 million in Q4 2024 and a floor of -$32.3 million in Q4 2025.
  • Median Gross Profit over the past 5 years was $100.2 million (2021), compared with a mean of $104.5 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Profit: skyrocketed 204.09% in 2023 and later tumbled 112.45% in 2025.
  • American Public Education's Gross Profit stood at $86.6 million in 2021, then decreased by 8.15% to $79.6 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 204.09% to $242.0 million in 2023, then rose by 7.18% to $259.3 million in 2024, then tumbled by 112.45% to -$32.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Profit were -$32.3 million (Q4 2025), $127.1 million (Q3 2025), and $127.7 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.