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Our mission: Bringing practical business and technical intelligence to today's structured cabling professionals

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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Actively Bought Stocks by Insiders Right Now

Analyzing stock market graph on a touch screen device: Simmons First national overview

While stocks like Occidental Petroleum and Rivian Automotive are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 regarding insider volume, they are not the most actively bought stocks by insiders. 

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are almost entirely responsible for insider buying at OXY, while Rivian just got a significant injection by the Saudi PIF. Both are good names and attractive speculations. Still, names like Simmons First National, East West Bancorp and Comtech Telecommunications are the most actively bought stocks by insiders regarding the number of insiders buying. 

These stocks rank No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 regarding the number of insiders buying, which is a more telling sign of insider confidence. Those stats compound by the number of transactions made, which indicates that insiders are not only buying but also coming back for more. 

Simmons First National: First for Insiders 

Simmons First National's insider activity is bearish on balance for the last 12 months, but we want to focus on the timing of activity. The selling came before the financial sector imploded in early 2023 and is primarily a single director. 

The buying came after the financial sector imploded, making Q2 2023 the strongest quarter for insider buying in over five years. Six insiders, including the board chairman, two directors, the CEO and two EVPs made nine transactions since the stock price imploded. They've got the total to about 1.76% of the stock and the highest level in over a year. 

The institutions don't own a lot of Simmons First National, but their activity is also telling. The institutions only own about 13% of the stock, but their buying spiked in Q1 and Q2, putting the balance of activity at nearly 3:1. That could be because of the value or the dividend, which are compelling. The Arkansas-based bank trades at only 9.5x its earnings and yields over 4.5%. The payout is about 25% of the 2023 earnings outlook and less than 20% of the 2024 outlook and appears safe. Shares of the stock are at their bottom and ready to rebound. 

Simmons First National Chart on MarketBeat

East West Bancorp Grows its Payout 

East West Bancorp is a Pasadena-based institution that may come with more risk due to its exposure to west coast markets, but you wouldn't be able to tell by the insider activity. Insider activity is similar to Simmons First National in that there was selling before the financial sector collapsed, and it switched to buying afterward. Six insiders have made seven purchases, including two by the CFO and one each for two directors, the CEO, an EVP and the COO. Their buying is bolstered by the institutions which own a whopping 87% of the stock. The institutional activity is mixed but ramping and bullish on balance for three consecutive quarters. 

Chart of East West Bancorp

Comtech Telecommunications Telegraphs a Bottom 

Comtech Telecommunications is a satellite-services company telegraphing a bottom. The company has six insiders buying in 2023 and they've made nine transactions, including two by the CEO and three by a director. Other insiders buying this stock include the COO, CFO, and legal counsel, who've helped get total ownership up to nearly 4.5%. Institutions are also buying the name. 

Shares of Comtech are trading at a 20-year low and show signs of a bottom. The price action has bounced from $8.30 and is moving higher. If the market follows through on the signal, the stock could gain 10% to 20% over the next few months. 

Comtech Telecommunications on MarketBeat

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