Both in Educational Services

Legacy Education vs American Public Education

Over the past year LGCY returned +8.9% and APEI returned +25.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.29.

LGCY +8.9% APEI +25.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLGCYAPEI
Price$9.57$40.57
Market cap$122.6M$742.5M
Today−3.33%−8.42%
1 month−0.3%−6.4%
6 months−13.2%−30.3%
Year to date−6.1%+7.3%
1 year+4.6%+19.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.0%+5.5%
Gross margin44.0%55.4%
Net margin9.4%5.7%
P/E (TTM)13.4×16.3×
Price / sales1.5×1.1×
Net cash$22.5M$135.5M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)42.4%37.8%
Short % of float1.3%16.0%
Next earnings——

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