American Public Education PE ratio APEI

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.1×
10-year median: 24.2×
Against its 10-year history: 23rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.4× to 69.2×
Peer median: 17.5×

American Public Education's PE ratio is 20.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $48.77 against $2.43 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 24.2×, lower than on 77% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.4× in Nov 2016 to 69.2× in Nov 2024.

The median for 9 education and Training Services stocks of a similar size is 17.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 24.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.1×	17.1×	44.6×
2025	28.4×	26.1×	50.0×
2024	38.4×	32.7×	69.2×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	19.9×	16.8×	23.4×
2021	22.7×	17.2×	30.8×
2020	26.3×	26.3×	44.6×
2019	33.7×	17.5×	34.1×
2018	18.6×	18.2×	34.7×
2017	20.9×	13.8×	22.2×
2016	14.7×	7.3×	15.9×
2015	9.2×	9.2×	16.7×
2014	16.8×	11.7×	17.4×
2013	16.9×	12.8×	17.8×
2012	15.3×	11.2×	22.0×
2011	21.2×	17.6×	30.2×
2010	24.7×	16.7×	24.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Education & Training Services nearest American Public Education's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
APEIAmerican Public Education	20.1×
LINCLincoln Educational Services	30.1×
UTIUniversal Technical Institute	35.2×
STRAStrategic Education	13.6×
PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION	12.4×
LRNStride	11.0×
LOPEGrand Canyon Education	19.7×
CVSACovista	18.7×
LAURLaureate Education	17.5×
LGCYLegacy Education	15.3×
Peer median	17.5×

Where American Public Education ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.