Ratio analysis. Swift Community Hospital, a 310-bed facility, is a sole provider hospital in a rural New England area serving a large market. Recently, a wealthy philanthropist made a major...

Ratio analysis. Swift Community Hospital, a 310-bed facility, is a sole provider hospital in a rural New England area serving a large market. Recently, a wealthy philanthropist made a major contribution to the hospital’s long-term investment fund. Assess Swift’s profitability, liquidity, activity, and capital structure ratios. Using the financial ratios from Exhibit 4.25 for the current and previous years, evaluate Swift’s financial condition, and also compare its ratios to national industry benchmarks for its bed size, using the data from Exhibits 4.16a.