The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-23), American Public Education's share price is $13.34. American Public Education's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.33. Hence, American Public Education's PB Ratio of today is 0.93.
The historical rank and industry rank for American Public Education's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
APEI'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25 Med: 1.45 Max: 3.97
Current: 0.93
During the past 13 years, American Public Education's highest PB Ratio was 3.97. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 1.45.
APEI's PB Ratio is ranked better than 67.07% of 249
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.46
vs APEI: 0.93
During the past 12 months, American Public Education's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -12.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -11.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of American Public Education was 48.10% per year. The lowest was -11.60% per year. And the median was 13.65% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
American Public Education PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for American Public Education's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, American Public Education's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
American Public Education PB Ratio Distribution
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, American Public Education's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Public Education's PB Ratio falls into.
American Public Education PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
American Public Education's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
American Public Education (NAS:APEI) PB Ratio Explanation
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
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American Public Education (American Public Education) Business Description
American Public Education Inc provides online and on-campus postsecondary education including various undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The fields of study include business administration, health science, technology, criminal justice, education, liberal arts, national security, military studies, intelligence, and homeland security. There are three reporting segments: the American Public Education segment which is the key revenue generator; the Rasmussen University Segment and the Hondros College of Nursing segment. The revenue is generated from net course registrations and enrollment, tuition rate, net tuition, and other fees.
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