Zacks Earnings and Margins Strategy Highlights: Dover Saddlery, First United Corporation, ICO, Inc. and Logility

Business Wire, Sept 24, 2007

CHICAGO -- Earnings are the single most important metric for a company. Combine that with a healthy Net Profit Margin and you find a screen that has generated a cumulative return of 623.7% since January 2001. For 2006, this Profit Track has returned 23.4%. For the first month of 2007, this Profit Track returned 4.0%. This screen is called the Earnings and Margins Profit Track strategy. Here are four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria: Dover Saddlery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DOVR), First United Corporation (Nasdaq: FUNC), ICO, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOC) and Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTY). View the entire list of stocks for the Earnings and Margins Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1858

Here are four companies that meet the following Earnings and Margin Profit Track:

Dover Saddlery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DOVR) reported second-quarter earnings of seven cents per share in early August, beating the consensus estimate by 17%. Total revenues increased 12.5 % to $20.0 million on a year-over-year basis. Dover Saddlery meets the criteria for this Profit Track as evidenced by its net margin of 0.02 and annual earnings growth of 44% above the prior full year.

First United Corporation (Nasdaq: FUNC) has a net margin of 0.13. For the last full year, the company's earnings growth stands at 3% above the previous year. FUNC recently declared a dividend of $0.195 per share. The dividend will be payable on November 1, 2007 to shareholders of record as of October 15, 2007. In early August, the company reported second-quarter earnings of 52 cents per share, surpassing last year's 50 cents and topping the consensus estimate by 8%.

ICO, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOC) is trading near a 52-week, which was reached last week. In early August, the company posted fiscal third-quarter income from continuing operations of 20 cents per share. The result topped the consensus estimate by 25% and improved on the year-ago result. Record quarterly revenues of $113.4 million eclipsed the previous year's total by 38%. ICOC offers a net margin of .0.04 and earnings growth of 100% for the most recently completed year, compared the year-prior.

Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTY) announced adjusted net earnings of 17 cents per share, more than doubling last year's earnings. The company stated that operating earnings increased an impressive 143% driven by 42% growth in license fees with strong performance from both Logility's Demand Solutions[R] and Logility Voyager Solutions(TM) product suites. LGTY experienced annual earnings per share growth of 2% for the most recent full year, versus the year-ago result. The company's net margin stands at 0.14.

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