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American Public Education Inc (APEI) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for APEI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 40, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-22
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -14.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-22
  • Sector × region Consumer staples in US: +3.8% week · +9.2% month · +7.7% quarter · +10.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLP.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.21 · down 0.18 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-21
How it trades on rate days beta 0.28 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How APEI has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.28 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), American Public Education Inc moved 0.28% on average · correlation 0.06 · higher than 20% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.70 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.80% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +3.21% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Education & Training Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Education & Training Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against APEI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 47 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What APEI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 47 m USD 5.4% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.8% in FY2025 8 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 47 m USD · 103% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About American Public Education Inc

American Public Education Inc (APEI) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Defensive.

The Closelooknet company score reads 59/100 composite (momentum 41, quality 56, valuation 66) across 7 modules — the full three-layer breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-23

Quick answers

What is American Public Education Inc (APEI)?

American Public Education Inc trades as APEI on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Defensive in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-23.

Is APEI in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — American Public Education Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-23.

What is American Public Education Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

59 out of 100, with momentum 41, quality 56 and valuation 66 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-23. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does APEI trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +7.8% vs the 50-day and -1.4% vs the 200-day average, 20.7% below the 52-week high and +61.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 27 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does American Public Education Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Education & Training Services · US), American Public Education Inc (APEI) sits 20.7% below its 52-week high, 7.8% above its 50-day average; TAL Education Group (TAL) is 21.8% below, Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) is 61.0% below, Youdao Inc (DAO) is 2.3% below. Put any of them next to APEI in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does American Public Education Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year American Public Education Inc had a beta of 0.28 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 20% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.80% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Does American Public Education Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in American Public Education Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 47 m USD of its own shares, 103% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for APEI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Education & Training Services, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.