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Ardent Health Inc (ARDT) — wheel strategy suitability
Where ARDT sits as an underlying for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls, and what its own price history says about the risk of being assigned into a falling stock. Snapshot of 3 October 2026.
Ardent Health Inc (ARDT) scores 77 on the Wheel score, which puts it in the preferred band for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls.
The score is carried by its margin stability (90/100) and held back by quality (46/100). Steady margins are exactly what you want under a short put: the earnings behind the stock do not swing much from quarter to quarter. The quality leg is the weak one, so read the balance sheet before you accept assignment rather than after.
It has monthly options only, which costs it a small liquidity haircut. Workable, but every roll commits you for a month.
Over the last 2.2 years it had 4 days with a fall of 10% or more (1.83 a year), a deepest drawdown of -61.2%, and a worst single session of -33.8%. That is worse than the median screened name (0.67 gap-downs a year, -44.9% typical worst drawdown).
Realised volatility runs about 52% annualised. That is high. More premium, and a materially higher chance of being assigned into a falling stock.
Ownership context: a passive 13G filing on the register (13G 6.6% '24). A 13G is a passive holding disclosure, not a signal about the business. Large institutional ownership tends to come with steadier trading, nothing more.
Entry timing currently reads as a dip within an uptrend — historically the better half of the cycle to sell puts into.
Score breakdown
| Wheel score | 77 | 0–100 suitability for options selling |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | 46 | ROIC, margins, leverage, accruals |
| Valuation | 83 | cheaper on fwd P/E, EV/EBITDA, FCF yield |
| Margin stability | 90 | steadier earnings score higher |
| Options listed | Monthly | weekly avoids the liquidity haircut |
| Accounting flags | 0 | −8 points each |
Realised tail risk
Computed from our own daily price history, 2024-07-18 to 2026-10-01 (552 sessions). The Wheel score is built from fundamentals, so these price-derived numbers are an independent check on it, not a restatement of it.
| Days falling 10%+ in one session | 4 | 1.83 a year |
|---|---|---|
| Deepest drawdown | -61.2% | peak to trough |
| Worst single session | -33.8% | |
| Realised volatility | 52% | annualised |
Fundamentals
| Revenue (ttm) | 6,324M USD |
|---|---|
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | 7.2% |
| Net margin | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 10.5% |
| Share price | $10.25 |
| Days to earnings | 39 |
| Sector / industry | Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities |
Open the ARDT options chain on Yahoo Finance to check live strikes and premium — this page deliberately carries no quotes, because a quote baked into a static page is stale before you read it.
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