Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH – Get Rating) and Leslie’s (NASDAQ:LESL – Get Rating) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings and institutional ownership. Profitability This table compares Sally Beauty and Leslie’s’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets. Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Sally Beauty 6.66{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} 104.07{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} 9.79{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} Leslie’s 9.97{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} -48.04{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} 15.88{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} Volatility & Risk Sally Beauty has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41{5c5ba01e4f28b4dd64874166358f62106ea5bcda869a94e59d702fa1c9707720} more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leslie’s has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that…