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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-022722"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARDT"
cik: "0001756655"
company_name: "Ardent Health, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T13:12:01.710834+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ardent Health Q1 net income $41M, revenue $1.50B up 4% YoY; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Net income attributable to Ardent Health $41M ($0.29 diluted EPS), up from $27M a year ago.
- Total revenue $1.50B, up 4.0% YoY; admissions +7.6%, adjusted admissions +2.7%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $98M, up 2.5% YoY; reaffirms FY2025 guidance: rev $6.2B-$6.45B, Adj. EBITDA $575M-$615M.
- Net patient service revenue per adjusted admission +1.2% YoY; lease-adjusted net leverage 3.0x; liquidity $790M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-022722
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARDT
- cik: 0001756655
- company_name: Ardent Health, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000162828025022722/0001628280-25-022722-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000162828025022722/ardt-20250506.htm

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