Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Logitech, Microsoft and Pool Corporation.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI LOGI Logitech Intl. (stock symbol) ), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and Pool Corporation (Nasdaq: POOL). See the latest posts to the Analyst Blog by visiting: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2673 Here are highlights from Friday's Analyst Blog: Buy-Rated LOGI's Mixed Report Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) reported a mixed fiscal fourth quarter, with revenues weaker than expected, but earnings beating our estimates. The company experienced weakness in the webcam market, which was the primary cause of the revenue miss, although all the other lines of its business performed well in the quarter. The disruptions by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) are only partly to blame for the revenue shortfall Shortfall The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital. Notes: Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. , as the entire webcam market experienced a slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation). A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. in the quarter. The company continues to improve its margins, and this has led us to raise our earnings estimates despite lowering our revenue outlook for fiscal 2008. We continue to rate shares of LOGI a Buy with a $32 price target over the next six months. Pool Corp. Retains a Buy Rec We maintain our Buy rating on shares of Pool Corporation (Nasdaq: POOL) following the release of Q1 financial results. Given the company's growth potential (forecasted 17% EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. [earnings per share] growth in 2007) and stable operating history, we believe that the current share price represents an attractive entry point. Pool Corporation is the dominant force in its industry, and has a consistent track record of delivering growth in both revenues and earnings. We believe that this growth will continue going forward. Our target price reflects a multiple of 21x projected 2007 EPS, closer to the midpoint mid·point n. 1. Mathematics The point of a line segment or curvilinear arc that divides it into two parts of the same length. 2. A position midway between two extremes. of the company's historic multiple range. The company estimates that of the approximately 70 million homes in the U.S. that have the economic ability and the yard space to have a swimming pool, roughly 12% actually own a pool. The industry has grown at a rate of 4% - 6% per year for the last several years, and the company estimates that the industry will continue to grow at 4% - 5% annually over the next five years. POOL expects that its own revenue growth will exceed the industry average due to market share gains and an expansion of product offerings. 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