Q4 2024 American Public Education Inc Earnings Call Transcript

Mar 6, 2025 / 10:00 PM GMT

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Key Points

Positve

American Public Education Inc (APEI) outperformed its 4th quarter 2024 financial guidance, exceeding expectations for revenue, net income, and adjusted EBITDA.
APEI's full-year 2024 revenue of $624 million exceeded the top end of the original guidance and met the midpoint of the revised guidance.
Rasmussen University experienced positive year-over-year enrollment growth for the first time since APEI's acquisition, with a 4% increase in 2024.
Hondros College of Nursing reported strong enrollment growth, marking the 20th consecutive quarter of year-over-year enrollment increases.
APEI plans to consolidate its three degree-granting institutions into a single entity, which is expected to simplify operations and provide revenue and cost synergies in the long term.

Negative

APEI's adjusted EBITDA margin at APUS decreased slightly from 35% in 4Q23 to 34.5% in 4Q24 due to investments in IT infrastructure and marketing.
The first quarter of 2025 guidance is negatively impacted by a two-week outage of the Army and Air Force TA portals, affecting enrollment.
APEI's first quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA is expected to be down year-over-year due to increased advertising and labor costs.
The consolidation of institutions is not primarily aimed at cost reduction, indicating that immediate cost savings may be limited.
APEI's graduate school reported an EBITDA loss of $0.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, although this was an improvement from the prior year.

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E D I T E D V E R S I O N

APEI.OQ - American Public Education Inc
Q4 2024 American Public Education Inc Earnings Call
Mar 06, 2025 / 10:00PM GMT

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Good afternoon and thank you for standing by. My name is Kelvin, and I will be a conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the American Public Education Incorporated reports 4th quarter 2024 results call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star, followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press start one again.

Thank you. I would now like to turn the call over to Brian Prenovo Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

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