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Acute Care Hospitals,
1999

Current ratio 2.07
Inventory turnover 50.35
Total asset turnover 1.01
Days in accounts receivable (collection period) 74.26
Debt financing percentage 43.66
Long-term debt to equity (percent) 31.16
Times interest earned 2.37
Cash flow to total debt (percent) 15.48
Return on assets 2.01
Return on equity 5.46
Source: Cleverly

I am attaching the financial statement I am completing lost can anyone please help!

Ratio Analysis

Resource: Table 4-2 on p. 71 of the text

Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum]

Compute the following ratios from Arcadia Hospital's 2005 financial statements:

Current ratio
Total asset

Compare these ratios with the 1999 median for all U.S. acute care hospitals listed in Table 4-2.
Answer the following and explain your answer: What was the financial status of Arcadia in 2005?
Compute the following ratios from Arcadia Hospital's 2005 financial statements:

Asset/equity
Long-term debt/equity
Total margin

Explain whether the ratios are leverage or profitability ratios. If a leverage ratio, is it coverage or capital structure? What is the difference between the two? If a profitability ratio, discuss why it is not completely satisfactory for measuring an organization's profitability. What can these ratios tell us about Arcadia?

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