American Public Education (APEI) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2021 - 2026)
American Public Education (APEI) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 12.25% for Q2 2026, up 4.24 percentage points from 8.00% a year earlier and up 0.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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American Public Education (APEI) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, American Public Education posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 8.80%, up 3.20 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three consecutive years, with a four-year change of +3.90 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 5.59% in FY2024 (+14.88 pp), -9.28% in FY2023 (+11.21 pp), -20.49% in FY2022 (-25.39 pp) and 4.90% in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q4 2021.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now increased in each of the last 13 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.52 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 19.82 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2023 (a drop of 28.87 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 11.45% (Q1 2026), 9.07% (Q4 2025) and 9.30% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 11.15 Bn | 10.15 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 10.74% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 9.53 Bn | -1.61 Bn | 5,600.00 | 13.83% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 7.16 Bn | -5.83 Bn | 438.20 Mn | - |
| 4 | Laureate Education | 5.43 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 24.67% |
| 5 | Graham Holdings | 5.11 Bn | 202.28 Mn | 392.03 Mn | 3.50% |
| 6 | Covista | 4.47 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 14.95% |
| 7 | Valvoline | 4.04 Bn | 3.75 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 8.79% |
| 8 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.63 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 9.35% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.55 Bn | 446.85 Mn | 217.28 Mn | 16.83% |
| 10 | American Public Education | 903.50 Mn | 90.06 Mn | 95.09 Mn | 12.25% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 12.25% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.45% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.07% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.30% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.88% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.77% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.85% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -10.10% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -13.94% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -13.83% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -25.74% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -22.84% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -19.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -17.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.79% |
API Access
American Public Education Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=APEI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=APEI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();