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accession: "0001628280-25-008185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARDT"
cik: "0001756655"
company_name: "Ardent Health, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T03:45:08.817913+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ardent Health Q4 revenue $1.61B (+19% YoY); Adj EBITDA $183M (+213%); issues 2025 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 net income $114M ($0.81 diluted EPS) vs net loss $4M in Q4 2023.
- Full-year 2024 revenue $5.97B (+10.3%); Adj EBITDA $498M (+58.4%); margin expanded 260bps to 8.4%.
- 2025 guidance: revenue $6.2-6.45B, Adj EBITDA $575-615M, EPS $1.73-2.01.
- New Mexico directed payment contributed $94M revenue and $65M Adj EBITDA in Q4; full-year excluding it met/exceeded guidance.
- Acquired 18 NextCare urgent care clinics on Jan 3, 2025; cash position $557M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-008185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARDT
- cik: 0001756655
- company_name: Ardent Health, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000162828025008185/0001628280-25-008185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000162828025008185/ardt-20250226.htm

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