Both in Educational Services

Phoenix Education Partners vs American Public Education

Over the past year PXED returned −37.8% and APEI returned +34.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.32.

PXED −37.8% APEI +34.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPXEDAPEI
Price$21.66$42.41
Market cap$780.8M$776.2M
Today−7.40%+0.19%
1 month−14.2%−8.2%
6 months−27.7%−24.1%
Year to date−28.5%+12.2%
1 year−39.8%+31.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+5.5%
Gross margin100.0%55.4%
Net margin8.7%5.7%
P/E (TTM)8.9×17.0×
Price / sales0.8×1.2×
Net cash$296.5M$135.5M
Dividend yield3.88%—
Volatility (60d)31.9%34.5%
Short % of float14.8%16.0%
Next earnings——

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