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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.

Cabling Installation & Maintenance is published by Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

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3 Reliable Growing Dividends Near Rock-Bottom Prices

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The consumer staples sector is getting beaten up in the 2nd half of 2023, and for no other reason than the sector is boring. It's growing but not quickly; it's not outperforming, but it has been widening margins and driving cash flow, which is of interest. Widening margins and improving cash flow are good news for income investors but not a catalyst for these stocks today. 

The takeaway is that the consumer staples sector and many of its stocks offer a generational opportunity for value-oriented income investors with a few years until retirement. The opportunity is buying into a blue chip sector while trading at multi-year lows and paying above-average yield for a high-yielding sector. 

McCormick & Company Falls On Growth, Solid Outlook

McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) shares are down about 5% ahead of the open following a solid Q3 report. The report included mid-single-digit top-line growth and better-than-expected margin driven by volume and price. The company reports strength across regions, with China as the only area of softness. The recovery in China is slower than anticipated but still gaining traction. The bad news is that revenue was slightly more than 100 basis points short of the analysts' consensus, leaving the market wanting more. 

Margin news is good but not enough to offset the early pullback in price action. Margins contracted compared to last year on a GAAP and adjusted basis, but even the adjusted results include 1-offs that make the decline less than comparable. Regardless, earnings are as expected compared to the top-line miss, showing some strength. The strength is also seen in the guidance reaffirmed at the top line and increased at the bottom.

MKCs results are detrimental to the stock price, but the impact will likely be short-lived. The results confirm that this 2.25% yielding Dividend Aristocrat is growing and can sustain future dividend increases. The pullback in share prices trims a bit off the valuation, which is high for this group. Trading near $70, this stock is at critical support and deeply oversold, a condition that has resulted in previous rebounds. 

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Conagra Brands Could Rebound On Solid Results

McCormick's results suggest that other packaged food names, such as Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG), will also post solid results. In the case of Conagra, the analysts expect results to be flat sequentially and up YOY despite a series of downward revisions. However, the revisions may have set the bar too low, setting the company up for outperformance on top of growth. The stock is trading at a significant support target after a deep correction, so the stock could post a significant rebound over the next few quarters. 

Conagra offers one of the best value-to-yield combinations in the consumer staples sector, trading at less than 10X earnings and paying more than 5.2%. The payout is reliable at less than 50% of earnings, and earnings growth is expected to resume. This combination may attract new buyers; analysts are Holding the stock and see it increasing by 20% at the low end of their range. 

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Lamb Weston has Solid 2023, Guides for Strength in 2024

Lamb Weston (NYSE: LW) is a middling value within the consumer staples sector, trading near 17X earnings. You get one of the lowest dividend yields, about 1.2%, and the most robust outlook for distribution growth. This company has paid its distribution for only a few years but is on track to reach the Dividend Aristocrat level in time. The payout ratio in F2023 was less than 25% of earnings, with earnings growth projected at an above-sector pace for 2024. In this light, Lamb Weston can sustain its 7% annual distribution growth without significantly affecting the payout ratio, lengthening the runway for future distribution increases. 

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