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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$55.44
Intrinsic $73.92 · 25% MOS
Current price: $9.08
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 20.0% for years 1–5 and 10.0% for years 6–10, anchored to 37.3% historical FCF growth, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $218M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $73.92 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $55.44, suggesting the stock is currently 511% undervalued against the $9.08 market price.
See 3 scenarios side by side
Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$218M
Cash & equivalents
$610M
Total debt
$1.1B
Shares outstanding
142M