Problem
Professor Office. (n.d.). Excel: Horizontal analysis and vertical analysis.
Use the consolidated balance sheets downloaded from Ascension Health to perform a vertical analysis of the company and a horizontal analysis of the company in an Excel document.
Discuss your findings by answering the following:
a) Is Ascension Health growing? How do you know?
b) What line items reflected the largest-percentage increases and/or decreases?
c) What is the financial impact these changes have on the company's financial viability currently and in the future?