What is Ardent Health Partners's free cash flow yield?

Ardent Health Partners (ARDT) reported free cash flow yield of 17.8% in Q1 2026.

How has Ardent Health Partners's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?

Ardent Health Partners's free cash flow yield increased by 195.6% year-over-year, from 6% to 17.8%.

What does free cash flow yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month free cash flow divided by market capitalization at the quarter end. The cash return the business generates relative to its market price.

Ardent Health Partners ARDT Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+7.0%

Gross profit$1.6B+6.7%

Net income$39.9M-3.7%

EPS (diluted)$0.28-3.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$609.7M+23.2%

Total debt$1.2B+1.7%

Total equity$1.3B+13.8%

Total assets$5.3B+7.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$60.2M-143%

CapEx$28.1M+22.6%

Free cash flow-$88.3M-85.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.35B-27.8%

Enterprise value$1.91B-24.3%

P/E10×+1.7×

P/S0.2×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin97.5%-0.1pp

Net margin2.1%-1.6pp

FCF margin3.4%+1.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.7%-9.0pp

Debt / equity0.9×-0.1×

Current ratio2.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ardent Health Partners’s reported figures.

free cash flow/market cap=17.8%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Ardent Health Partners’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ardent Health Partners's free cash flow yield?: Ardent Health Partners (ARDT) reported free cash flow yield of 17.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Ardent Health Partners's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?: Ardent Health Partners's free cash flow yield increased by 195.6% year-over-year, from 6% to 17.8%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month free cash flow divided by market capitalization at the quarter end. The cash return the business generates relative to its market price.