Please review:

Professor Office. (n.d.). Excel: Horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. Retrieved from http://professoroffice.com/VerticalHorizontalRatioAnalysis.aspx

Access the financial statements for the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)

• Perform a vertical analysis of the income statement
• Perform a vertical analysis of the balance sheet
• Perform a horizontal analysis of the income statement
• Perform a horizontal analysis of the balance sheet

Based on your analysis of the financial statements:
(1) Summarize the company’s key financial strengths and weaknesses;
(2) Make three recommendations to the CEO for strengthening, maintaining or improving the company’s financial position in the coming years.