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Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio 7.4x · EV/EBITDA 3.9x · ROE 45.5%. (2023–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $999M | — | — | — |
| Enterprise Value | $936M | — | — | — |
| P/E Ratio → | 7.37 | — | — | — |
| P/S Ratio | 0.99 | — | — | — |
| P/B Ratio | 4.12 | — | — | — |
| P/FCF | 15.38 | — | — | — |
| P/OCF | 11.43 | — | — | — |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.89 | — | — | — |
| EV / EBIT | 4.28 | — | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | — | — | — |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 56.7% | 56.7% | 57.5% | 54.6% |
| Operating Margin | 21.7% | 21.7% | 21.3% | 15.2% |
| Net Profit Margin | 13.3% | 13.3% | 11.9% | 7.8% |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | 45.5% | 45.5% | 34.7% | 21.4% |
| ROA | 22.5% | 22.5% | 16.4% | 9.5% |
| ROIC | 104.9% | 104.9% | 102.1% | 59.2% |
| ROCE | 56.3% | 56.3% | 47.3% | 31.0% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.32 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.65 |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | -0.26 | -0.61 | -0.47 |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | -0.26 | -0.26 | -0.96 | -0.94 |
| Debt / FCF | — | -0.97 | -1.52 | -1.58 |
| Interest Coverage | 380.39 | 380.39 | 175.21 | 50.54 |
Net cash position: cash ($137M) exceeds total debt ($73M)
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.76 | 1.47 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.76 | 1.47 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.90 | 0.90 | 1.25 | 0.92 |
| Asset Turnover | — | 2.04 | 1.37 | 1.22 |
| Inventory Turnover | — | — | — | — |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | 21.37 | 19.69 | 20.05 |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | 21.7% | — | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | 160.1% | 160.1% | 61.8% | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | 13.6% | — | — | — |
| FCF Yield | 6.5% | — | — | — |
| Buyback Yield | 21.5% | — | — | — |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 43.2% | — | — | — |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $36M | $36M | $36M |
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Quick answers to the most common questions about buying PXED stock.
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc's current P/E ratio is 7.4x. This places it at the 50th percentile of its historical range.
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc's current EV/EBITDA is 3.9x. This enterprise value multiple compares the company's total value (equity + debt - cash) to its EBITDA.
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc's return on equity (ROE) is 45.5%. This is above the typical threshold of 15-20% considered good for most companies. The historical average is 33.9%.
Based on historical data, Phoenix Education Partners, Inc is trading at a P/E of 7.4x. This is at the 50th percentile of its historical P/E range. Compare with industry peers and growth rates for a complete picture.
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc's current dividend yield is 21.70% with a payout ratio of 160.1%.
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc has 56.7% gross margin and 21.7% operating margin. Operating margin above 20% indicates strong pricing power and cost efficiency.
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc's Debt/EBITDA ratio is 0.3x, indicating low leverage. A ratio below 2x is generally considered financially healthy.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Erratic cash flow and margin volatility
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Deep Value Discount to Sector Peers
PXED trades at a significant discount with a P/E of 7.48 and EV/EBITDA of 3.95, which, based on peer multiples, suggests the market is pricing in substantial execution risk or sustainability concerns.
The company's valuation multiples are roughly half the peer median P/E of ~17.5 and EV/EBITDA of ~11.0, implying a severe market discount. While this could signal a value opportunity, the discrepancy is too large to ignore and likely reflects skepticism about the durability of its recent earnings recovery and the erratic nature of its cash flows. The P/B ratio of 4.18 is elevated relative to the low earnings multiple, hinting that the market may be applying a lower return on equity multiple in its valuation.
Volatile Margins Undermine Earning Power
Operating margin fluctuated between 8.4% and 26.5% over the last six quarters, indicating that PXED's profitability is highly sensitive to quarterly cost and revenue dynamics, not structurally consistent.
The wide dispersion in net margin from 4.1% to 17.5% suggests that reported profitability is heavily influenced by timing, non-cash items like stock-based compensation, and semi-variable cost spikes, as seen in the Q1 2026 SG&A surge. While gross margin remains a stable strength above 55%, the volatility in operating and net margins implies that the company's true, sustainable earning power is closer to the lower end of its range, not the peaks.
Erratic Returns Signal Compounding Risk
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) swung from 7.1% to 37.1% within eight quarters, suggesting that PXED's ability to generate consistent returns on its capital base is unreliable and likely cyclical.
The Q4 2024 ROIC of 37.1% appears to be an outlier, with subsequent quarters showing a sharp reversion, including a trough of 7.1% in Q3 2025. This volatility makes it difficult to assess the company's long-term compounding ability and indicates that returns are driven more by short-term operational swings and accounting adjustments than by a steadily improving competitive position.
Working Capital Swings Mask Efficiency
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) has declined from 74 days to 22 days, a dramatic improvement that, according to the data, may indicate either enhanced collection efficiency or a shift in revenue timing that warrants closer scrutiny.
The rapid decline in DSO is a positive signal for cash conversion, but it stands in stark contrast to the wild swings in free cash flow margin seen in prior quarters. This divergence suggests the improvement may be due to lumpy collections or timing of large contracts rather than a fundamental, sustainable enhancement in operational efficiency.
Misleading Outlier Distorts Valuation
The P/E ratio of 7.48 is the most commonly misapplied metric, as it is calculated on peak earnings from Q4 2024 and Q3 2026 that may not represent normalized, sustainable profitability.
Using a peak-earnings P/E creates a misleadingly cheap valuation signal. The high profitability in those quarters, as seen in the data, resulted from unusually high operating margins that have not been sustained, with the average operating margin over the period being ~14.6%. Investors should focus instead on the forward P/E of 6.36, which uses analyst estimates that may better account for the company's volatile earnings profile and provide a more realistic valuation anchor.