American Public Education (APEI) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

American Public Education (APEI) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 7.87% in Q1 2026, down 73.02% quarter-over-quarter from 29.17% in Q4 2025, and down 1384.0% on a YoY basis from 0.61% in Q1 2025.

American Public Education (APEI) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Public Education's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.87% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 1384.0% year-over-year to 7.87%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 21.7% (down 964.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 27.8%, down 588.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 7.87% for Q1 2026 at American Public Education, down from 29.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 66.19% in Q3 2023 to a low of 1.11% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 24.2% across 5 years, with a median of 22.81% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Tax Rate surged 53954 bps in 2022, then slumped 3086 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 14.69% in 2022, then retreated by 5 bps to 14.03% in 2023, then jumped by 172 bps to 38.12% in 2024, then slipped by 23 bps to 29.17% in 2025, then sank by 73 bps to 7.87% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 7.87% (Q1 2026), 29.17% (Q4 2025), and 35.56% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn 11.20%
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn 20.92%
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 24.35%
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 25.61%
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 26.13%
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 23.49%
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn 4.69%
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn -26.11%
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 20.81%
10 American Public Education 951.21 Mn 730.21 Mn 100.11 Mn 7.87%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.87%
Mar 31, 2026 7.87%
Dec 31, 2025 29.17%
Dec 31, 2025 29.17%
Sep 30, 2025 35.56%
Sep 30, 2025 35.56%
Jun 30, 2025 24.02%
Jun 30, 2025 24.02%
Mar 31, 2025 21.71%
Mar 31, 2025 21.71%
Dec 31, 2024 38.12%
Dec 31, 2024 38.12%
Sep 30, 2024 35.33%
Sep 30, 2024 35.33%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.11%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.11%
Mar 31, 2024 23.99%
Mar 31, 2024 23.99%
Dec 31, 2023 14.03%
Dec 31, 2023 14.03%