Strong Top-Line and Profitability Growth
Q1 revenue of $965.1M, up 56% year‑over‑year; adjusted EBITDA $66.3M, up 82% YoY; non‑GAAP adjusted EPS $0.74, up 76% YoY; net income attributable to Astrana $14.4M.
Robust Free Cash Flow and Deleveraging
Free cash flow of $64.1M in the quarter; cash balance $478.4M and net debt $586.8M; pro forma net leverage ~2.3x (TTM) and ~2.2x at guidance midpoint — reached sub‑2.5x target within 3 quarters and expect to finish the year at or below 2.0x.
AI‑Enabled Platform Demonstrating Operational Leverage
G&A improved to 6.4% of revenue (70 basis point improvement YoY); providers using the platform achieved 24% higher gap closure and 30% higher annual wellness visit completion; ~500,000 automated member interactions per month; AI claims agents cut provider payment cycle times to less than half of manual processing.
Membership and Risk Progression
Serving ~1.55M members in value‑based care; ~80% of Care Partners revenue and ~40% of owned membership in full‑risk arrangements, with new full‑risk contracts performing in line with underwriting.
Prospect Transaction Integration and Synergies
Prospect integration on track: gross provider retention >99%; tracking toward the high end of the $12M–$15M annual synergy target; Prospect on an ~$80M adjusted EBITDA annualized run‑rate and currently tracking ahead of expectations.
Affirmed 2026 Financial Outlook
Reaffirmed full‑year 2026 guidance: revenue $3.8B–$4.1B, adjusted EBITDA $250M–$280M, free cash flow $105M–$132.5M. Q2 guidance: revenue $965M–$1.0B and adjusted EBITDA $65M–$70M.
Clinical and Medical Cost Performance
Quarterly medical cost trends slightly outperformed the company full‑year blended assumption of ~5.2%; strong performance across core Astrana and legacy Prospect populations; Southern Nevada reached run‑rate profitability in 2025 with a 20% YoY improvement in MLR.
Regulatory Positioning
Management views the 2027 Medicare Advantage final rate notice as a structural tailwind: Astrana expects limited impact from disallowed diagnosis sources and believes its conservative, longitudinal approach to risk adjustment positions it well under revised frameworks.