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American Public Education shares outstanding APEI

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
18.8M
On a year earlier
+1.1%
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American Public Education had 18.8M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 1.1% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY202518.9M+3%
FY202418.4M+3%
FY202317.9M−5%
FY202218.9M+0%
FY202118.9M+25%
FY202015.1M−3%
FY201915.6M−7%
FY201816.7M+1%
FY201716.5M+1%
FY201616.3M+0%
FY201516.3M−7%
FY201417.5M−2%
FY201317.9M+0%
FY201217.9M−2%
FY201118.2M−1%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY2618.8M+1%
Q1 FY2618.8M+2%
Q4 FY2518.9M+3%
Q3 FY2518.8M+3%
Q2 FY2518.6M+3%
Q1 FY2518.4M+3%
Q4 FY2418.4M+3%
Q3 FY2418.2M+2%
Q2 FY2418.1M+1%
Q1 FY2417.8M−7%
Q4 FY2317.9M−5%
Q3 FY2317.8M−6%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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