Both in Educational Services

American Public Education vs Phoenix Education Partners

Over the past year APEI returned +31.0% and PXED returned −35.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.33.

APEI +31.0% PXED −35.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAPEIPXED
Price$42.33$23.39
Market cap$774.7M$843.1M
Today+1.78%−2.17%
1 month−4.7%−4.6%
6 months−27.2%−21.9%
Year to date+12.0%−22.8%
1 year+26.4%−36.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.5%—
Gross margin55.4%100.0%
Net margin5.7%14.4%
P/E (TTM)17.0×—
Price / sales1.2×—
Net cash$135.5M$174.2M
Dividend yield—3.59%
Volatility (60d)35.2%28.4%
Short % of float16.0%14.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).