Review:

Professor Office. (n.d.). Excel: Horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. Retrieved from

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:

• Is Ascension Health growing? How do you know?
• What line items reflected the largest-percentage increases and/or decreases?
• What is the financial impact these changes have on the company’s financial viability currently and in the future?