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How American Public Education, Inc. stacks up
APEI · against 272 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
78/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #45 of 273 · scores higher than 84% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score24 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including APEI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 78?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 83% of peers. Return on invested capital: 19.8% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on assets: 8.5% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = APEI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | APEI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 260 reported | 19.8% | 6.9% | 86% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 271 reported | 9.6% | 7.0% | 66% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 260 reported | 8.5% | 3.4% | 88% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 258 reported | 15.6% | 7.2% | 82% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 274 reported | 55.9% | 28.6% | 91% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around APEIScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score