Analysis of debt ratios Financial information from fiscal year 2016 for two companies competing in the cosmetics industry The Estee Lauder Company and e.l.f. Beauty Inc.appears in the table below. All dollar values are in thousands. Total assets Total liabilities EBIT Interest expense Estee Lauder $9,223,300 5,636,000 1,625,800 70,600 e.l.f. Beauty $414,729 273,867 26,295 16,383 a. Calculate the debt ratio and the times interest earned ratio for each company. In what way are these companies similar in terms of their debt usage, and in what way are they very different? b. Calculate the ratio of interest expense to total liabilities for each company. Conceptually, what do you think this ratio is trying to measure? Why are the values of this ratio dramatically different for these two firms? Suggest some reasons. a. The debt ratio for Estee Lauder is .611. (Round to three decimal places.) The debt ratio for e.l.f. Beauty is .660. (Round to three decimal places.) The times interest earned ratio for Estee Lauder is 23.028. (Round to three decimal places.) The times interest earned ratio for e.l.f. Beauty is 1.60. (Round to three decimal places.)