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How American Public Education, Inc. stacks up
APEI · against 269 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
69/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #84 of 270 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score27 peers with a valuation score of 60–69, including APEI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 69?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 64% of peers. Earnings yield: 5.9% vs peer median 4.5%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 64% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 9.0% vs peer median 6.2%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 68% of peers. EBITDA yield: 12.3% vs peer median 8.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 263 reported | 5.9% | 4.5% | 64% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 273 reported | 11.9% | 8.8% | 67% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 82 reported | 9.0% | 6.2% | 60% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 263 reported | 40.4% | 60.7% | 34% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around APEI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.6B MYR (≈$796M) | 100 | 82 | |
| 2 | 87.0B INR (≈$1.0B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 2 | 2.5B BRL (≈$443M) | 98 | 69 | |
| 2 | 8.06T IDR (≈$500M) | 98 | 84 | |
| 5 | 933M USD | 97 | 84 | |
| 80 | 1.4B USD | 70 | 33 | |
| 80 | 10.47T IDR (≈$649M) | 70 | 60 | |
| 80 | 978M NZD (≈$587M) | 70 | 74 | |
| 80 | 25.9B THB (≈$725M) | 70 | 64 | |
| 84 | 775M USD | 69 | 65 | |
| 84 | 636.1B CLP (≈$700M) | 69 | 54 | |
| 84 | 1.2B USD | 69 | 38 | |
| 87 | 159.9B JPY (≈$1.1B) | 68 | 74 | |
| 87 | 69.8B INR (≈$837M) | 68 | 78 |
Scores 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