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Aspen Group (Aspen Group) Profitability Rank : 3 (As of Jan. 2023)


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What is Aspen Group Profitability Rank?

Aspen Group has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Aspen Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was -2.34%. As of today, Aspen Group's Piotroski F-Score is 0.


Competitive Comparison of Aspen Group's Profitability Rank

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Aspen Group's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Aspen Group's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Aspen Group's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aspen Group's Profitability Rank falls into.



Aspen Group Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Aspen Group has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Aspen Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Jan. 2023 )
=-0.364 / 15.574
=-2.34 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Aspen Group has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Aspen Group (Aspen Group) Business Description

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Address
276 Fifth Avenue, Suite 505, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Aspen Group Inc is an education technology holding company that leverages its infrastructure and expertise to allow its two universities, Aspen University and United States University, to deliver on the vision of making college affordable again. Its only segment is the educational delivery operation using a core infrastructure that serves the curriculum and educational delivery needs of its online and campus students regardless of geography.
Executives
Michael L Koehneman director 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Douglas Kass director C/O EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC., ONE PARKER PLAZA, FORT LEE NJ 07024
Matthew Lavay officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, 5TH FL, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Cheri St. Arnauld officer: Chief Academic Officer 720 SOUTH COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 1150N, DENVER CO 80246
Michael Mathews director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 257 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10010
Robert Alessi officer: Chief Accounting Officer 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Joan Marie Prince director 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Gerard Wendolowski officer: Chief Operating Officer 720 SOUTH COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 1150N, DENVER CO 80246
C James Jensen director C/O ASPEN GROUP, INC., 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Frank J Cotroneo director 4400 MAIN ST, KANSAS CITY MO 64111
Anne M Mcnamara officer: Chief Nursing Officer 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Sanford Rich director 26 BEACH DRIVE, DARIEN CT 06820
Maclean Malcolm F Iv director C/O ASPEN GROUP, INC., 1660 SOUTH ALBION STREET, SUITE 525, DENVER CO 80222
Joseph L. Sevely officer: Chief Financial Officer 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 306, NEW YORK NY 10001
Janet Gill officer: Executive Vice President 720 SOUTH COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 1150N, DENVER CO 80246