Hospital operator plans to go pubic

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ARDENT HEALTH PARTNERS INC. has filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) of common shares. The shares will trade on New York under the symbol ARDT. The company is the fourth-largest privately held, for-profit operator of hospitals and care services in the U.S. It has 30 acute care hospitals and more than 200 sites of care in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, New Jersey, Idaho and Kansas. Ardent plans to sell 14.3 million shares at between $20 and $22 a share. That would value the entire company at roughly $3.15 billion. In the three months ended March 31, 2024, Ardent’s revenue rose 9.3%, to $1.44 billion from $1.32 billion a year earlier. That’s due to higher admissions and emergency room visits. Earnings jumped to $27.05 million from $4.14 million. We’ll keep an eye on the progress of the share offering and update our analysis when more information becomes available. available…