secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT)
CIK:        0001756655
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-008185
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000162828025008185/0001628280-25-008185-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000162828025008185/ardt-20250226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-008185

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