Growth Metrics

American Public Education (APEI) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

American Public Education has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.09% for Q4 2025, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.09% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.09%, up 3.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at American Public Education, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for APEI hit a ceiling of 0.09% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 0.26% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: decreased -29bps in 2023 and later increased 20bps in 2024.
  • American Public Education's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.04% in 2021, then crashed by -703bps to 0.23% in 2022, then soared by 56bps to 0.1% in 2023, then soared by 156bps to 0.06% in 2024, then soared by 61bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.