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For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on.

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

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Three Cheap Stocks That Just Got Upgraded

Three Cheap Stocks That Just Got Upgraded 

The Analysts Upgrade Three Cheap Stocks With Double-Digit Potential 

Now that the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) has corrected about 20% the stock market is starting to look cheap again. While we think the broad market still has a ways to go before hitting bottom there are some stocks and sectors garnering attention from the analyst. The three we’re highlighting today have corrected far more than the broad market, are supported by secular trends, and have at least a high-double-digit potential for capital gains and so are very interesting to us. If you’re looking for a place to park some money for the 2nd quarter reporting period and the summer of 2022 these are certainly worth a look. 

A.O. Smith Is A Play On Housing 

A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) manufactures and markets a wide range of construction products that include water heaters, heat pumps, and water treatment equipment. The stock corrected along with the broader market but outpaced it by nearly 2 points to 1. The stock is now down about 35% from the high and offering an entry too good for at least one analyst to pass up. Longbow Research issued an upgrade from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $71. This is the first shout-out in nearly two months and reverses a trend put in place in the wake of the last earnings report. 

The last earnings report was better than expected and came with favorable guidance but the slowdown in housing expectations weighed on the minds of analysts and resulted in a downgrade (to Market Perform from Outperform) and two price target reductions that have the Marketbeat.com consensus rating trending sideways over the last 3 months. The takeaway, however, is the stock price is down about 15% since the last earnings report and the company’s business is strong. 

In regard to the price target, the analysts are expecting the stock to trade in the range of $78 which is about 35% above the current price action. The company is expected to report earnings in the last week of July and deliver a sequential downtick in results. Based on our view of the market, the company should easily outpace the consensus estimate but might indicate a slowing within the industry. A.O. Smith is also a long-time dividend grower with a yield near 2.0% and an expectation for another 15% (roughly) distribution increase later this year. 

Three Cheap Stocks That Just Got Upgraded 

Mercer International, A Diversified Play For The Times

Mercer International (NASDAQ: MERC) is a wood and wood products company operating in segments that include lumber, wood pulp (for paper and biomass), and wood products. This gives it exposure to construction, green energy, and paper/packaging products which are all supported by secular trends, government policy, or both. Credit Suisse just issued an upgrade for the stock-based in part on the deep value of only 3.5X its earnings. The upgrade is to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $19 which is the new Wall Street high. This target implies about 40% of upside not counting the 2.5% dividing yield.

Three Cheap Stocks That Just Got Upgraded 

Rocket Companies Is Ready To Launch Higher 

Wells Fargo analyst Donald Fandetti upgraded Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) to Overweight from Equal Weight citing the company's position and potential benefit from residential mortgage dislocation. In his view, negative sentiment has peaked and margins should begin to stabilize and even grow as capacity comes out of the origination market. He assigned a price target of $10 compared to the Marketbeat.com consensus of $11.35 which implies about 40% of upside for the stock. 

Three Cheap Stocks That Just Got Upgraded 

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