Valuation
26% of the score, 37% here after data gaps
92median 13
Ardent Health, Inc. is valued at 8.3x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
8.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
ARDTArdent Health, Inc.
$10.46-23% 1Y
$10.46
$7.8352 weeks$15.21
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 79 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. Ardent Health, Inc. scores higher than 95% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Healthcare median 27 · all companies 50
Return on capital
Taken out: its 18% is shared by the others
n/ano data
Fewer than three years of operating profit and capital on file.
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 23% here after data gaps
90median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 4 years, yearly profit grew by 10 cents.
-5%
12%
10%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
48median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 3.9% a year over 3 years: new shares
145%
-3%
3.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.7% a year, sales 8.1%
10012%
-2%
-2.4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others
n/ano data
Fewer than five years of margins on file.
Balance sheet
8% of the score, 11% here after data gaps
56median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1x a year of EBITDA
874.5x
0.5x
1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 4x
251.5x
12x
4.1x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 9% here after data gaps
96median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.52x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.5% of assets
938%
0%
-8%
-6.5%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For ARDT, return on capital and cycle position could not be measured from the filings, so they are taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.