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ASPEN GROUP, INC.
ASPU
$7M
Mkt Cap
$0.26
-9.00%
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -23.2%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a market capitalization of $7M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) does not currently pay a regular dividend.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) operates in the Services-Educational Services industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) reported annual revenue of $77 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a net profit margin of -12.5%. The company is currently unprofitable.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) generated $-15 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
Aspen Group, Inc. is an education technology holding company. AGI has two subsidiaries, Aspen University Inc. ("Aspen University" or "AU") organized in 1987 and United States University Inc. ("United States University" or "USU"). All references to the “Company”, “AGI”, “Aspen Group”, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Aspen Group, Inc., unless the context otherwise indicates. Description of Business AGI leverages its education technology infrastructure and expertise to allow its two universities, Aspen University and United States University, to deliver on the vision of making college affordable again. Because we believe higher education should be a catalyst to our students’ long-term economic success, we exert financial prudence by offering affordable tuition that is one of the greatest values in higher education. AGI’s primary focus relative to future growth is to target the high growth nursing profession.
| Metric | TTM | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 71M | 77M | 68M | 49M | 34M | 22M |
| Net Income | -9.7M | -9.6M | -10M | -5.7M | -9.3M | -7.1M |
| EPS | $-0.38 | $-0.38 | $-0.44 | $-0.29 | $-0.50 | $-0.50 |
| Free Cash Flow | -9.8M | -15M | -7.9M | -9.0M | -13M | -7.4M |
| ROIC | -11.6% | -18.0% | -21.0% | -14.8% | -29.8% | -32.3% |
| Gross Margin | - | 54.0% | 56.6% | 61.0% | 53.0% | 55.3% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.42 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.09 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -7.2M | -9.0M | -8.2M | -4.0M | -9.1M | -5.3M |
| Operating Margin | -10.2% | -11.7% | -12.2% | -8.2% | -26.8% | -23.9% |
| ROE | -27.0% | -20.9% | -23.0% | -16.6% | -30.8% | -34.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 25M | 25M | 24M | 20M | 19M | 14M |
| Metric | 2013 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 4.5M | N/A | 905K | 4.0M | 5.2M | 8.5M | 14M | 22M | 34M | 49M | 68M | 77M | 71M |
| Gross Margin | 50.9% | N/A | N/A | 53.3% | 58.4% | 57.6% | 64.5% | 55.3% | 53.0% | 61.0% | 56.6% | 54.0% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 2K | 19K | N/A | 6.3M | 5.9M | 6.4M | 9.1M | 16M | 24M | 30M | 42M | 46M | 42M |
| EBIT | -2.1M | -5.8M | N/A | -4.8M | -3.4M | -2.1M | -782K | -5.3M | -9.1M | -4.0M | -8.2M | -9.0M | -7.2M |
| Op. Margin | -46.8% | N/A | N/A | -120.0% | -65.1% | -25.3% | -5.5% | -23.9% | -26.8% | -8.2% | -12.2% | -11.7% | -10.2% |
| Net Income | -2.2M | -6.0M | N/A | -5.4M | -4.3M | -2.2M | -1.1M | -7.1M | -9.3M | -5.7M | -10M | -9.6M | -9.7M |
| Net Margin | -49.6% | N/A | N/A | -134.4% | -81.7% | -26.6% | -7.8% | -32.1% | -27.3% | -11.5% | -15.4% | -12.5% | -13.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 6K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -28K | 0 | -4K | 0 | -36K | -36K |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | -41.2% | N/M | N/A | N/M | -115.3% | -70.9% | -11.9% | -32.3% | -29.8% | -14.8% | -21.0% | -18.0% | -11.6% |
| ROE | 330.2% | -754.4% | 0.0% | N/A | -164.3% | -101.9% | -22.9% | -34.0% | -30.8% | -16.6% | -23.0% | -20.9% | -27.0% |
| ROA | -55.4% | -161.1% | N/A | -153.2% | -89.8% | -43.1% | -14.6% | -27.0% | -21.9% | -10.3% | -14.2% | -11.2% | -11.0% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | -1.1M | -4.5M | 0 | -3.7M | -2.7M | -2.4M | -1.5M | -5.6M | -10M | -5.7M | 986K | -11M | -8.0M |
| Free Cash Flow | -2.2M | -5.0M | N/A | -4.1M | -3.1M | -2.9M | -2.3M | -7.4M | -13M | -9.0M | -7.9M | -15M | -9.8M |
| Owner Earnings | -1.4M | -5.3M | -756K | -4.7M | -3.7M | -3.4M | -2.4M | -7.3M | -14M | -10M | -5.4M | -17M | -13M |
| CapEx | 1.1M | 480K | 0 | 386K | 379K | 467K | 805K | 1.8M | 2.5M | 3.3M | 8.8M | 4.2M | 1.8M |
| Maint. CapEx | 264K | 398K | 570K | 475K | 528K | 598K | 557K | 1.1M | 2.2M | 2.2M | 2.4M | 3.4M | 3.7M |
| Growth CapEx | 797K | 82K | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248K | 744K | 361K | 1.1M | 6.4M | 790K | 0 |
| D&A | 264K | 398K | 570K | 475K | 528K | 598K | 557K | 1.1M | 2.2M | 2.2M | 2.4M | 3.4M | 3.7M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 897.8% | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 202K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 0 | 348K | 186K | 608K | 457K | 308K | 338K | 643K | 1.2M | 2.1M | 4.0M | 2.5M | 1.5M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 266K | 0 | 48K | 0 | 6K | 2.1M | 2.2M | 30K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -518K | 493K | N/A | 3.4M | -265K | 568K | -2.7M | -12M | -8.3M | -5.9M | -12M | 8.4M | 13M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 767K | 577K | N/A | 247K | 2.2M | 784K | 2.8M | 15M | 8.3M | 14M | 12M | 6.5M | 1.6M |
| Long-Term Debt | 9K | 800K | N/A | 1.6M | 1.6M | 1.3M | 50K | 2.1M | 0 | 8.4M | 0 | 15M | 10.0M |
| Debt/Equity | -0.12 | 1.33 | N/A | -2.03 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.42 |
| Interest Coverage | -75.2 | -15.9 | N/A | -7.2 | -8.1 | -17.6 | -2.3 | -2.6 | -20.5 | -2.2 | -4.0 | -12.5 | -12.5 |
| Equity | -2.0M | 802K | N/A | -1.8M | 2.6M | 1.8M | 7.8M | 34M | 26M | 42M | 49M | 43M | 36M |
| Total Assets | 4.0M | 3.5M | N/A | 3.6M | 5.9M | 4.5M | 11M | 42M | 43M | 66M | 81M | 91M | 88M |
| Total Liabilities | 2.6M | 2.7M | N/A | 5.4M | 3.3M | 2.7M | 2.8M | 7.9M | 17M | 24M | 32M | 49M | 52M |
| Intangibles | 370K | 254K | N/A | 109K | 173K | 195K | 145K | 138K | 8.5M | 7.9M | 7.9M | N/A | 7.9M |
| Retained Earnings | -5.3M | -11M | N/A | -18M | -22M | -25M | -26M | -33M | -42M | -48M | -58M | -68M | -75M |
| Working Capital | 532K | 106K | N/A | -1.7M | 3.0M | 1.6M | 5.6M | 15M | 15M | 23M | 16M | 23M | 6.9M |
| Current Assets | 2.6M | 1.7M | N/A | 1.8M | 4.5M | 3.0M | 8.3M | 22M | 21M | 33M | 32M | 39M | 31M |
| Current Liabilities | 2.1M | 1.6M | N/A | 3.5M | 1.5M | 1.4M | 2.7M | 6.8M | 6.4M | 10M | 15M | 17M | 24M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -5.04 | -2.04 | N/A | -1.08 | -0.48 | -2.52 | -0.10 | -0.50 | -0.50 | -0.29 | -0.44 | -0.38 | -0.38 |
| Owner EPS | -3.09 | -1.78 | N/A | -0.96 | -0.42 | -3.76 | -0.22 | -0.52 | -0.73 | -0.52 | -0.23 | -0.68 | -0.52 |
| Book Value | -4.60 | 0.27 | N/A | -0.36 | 0.29 | 2.03 | 0.71 | 2.39 | 1.43 | 2.14 | 2.07 | 1.69 | 1.41 |
| Cash Flow/Share | -2.49 | -1.53 | N/A | -0.74 | -0.31 | -2.74 | -0.13 | -0.40 | -0.55 | -0.29 | 0.04 | -0.45 | -0.24 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 0.4M | 3.0M | N/A | 5.0M | 8.9M | 0.9M | 11.1M | 14.1M | 18.6M | 19.5M | 23.7M | 25.2M | 25.4M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -0.7 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | -2.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -14.4% | -5.7% | -6.5% | -68.9% | -145.8% |
| Market Cap | N/A | 184M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88M | 157M | 120M | 22M | 6.7M |
| Avg. Price | N/A | 44.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.22 | 6.11 | 9.61 | 4.07 | 0.26 |
| Year-End Price | N/A | 45.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.76 | 8.06 | 5.07 | 0.89 | 0.26 |
ASPEN GROUP, INC. passes 1 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average gross margin is 56.0%.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.38 in its most recent fiscal year.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a return on equity (ROE) of -20.9%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a 5-year average gross margin of 56.0%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 12 years of financial data for ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
ASPEN GROUP, INC. (ASPU) has a book value per share of $1.69, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.