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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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Why Q2 Holdings Stock Could Be Your Next Big Buy

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Digital banking is commonplace nowadays. Mobile banking is an essential offering for banks of all sizes to remain relevant against competitors. It’s normal for customers to check their bank balances, deposit checks, make transfers, and even pay bills on their mobile banking apps. Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: QTWO) is a leading provider of digital banking solutions for banks and financial institutions. They provide the software to enable banks to offer digital banking for their customers.

Q2 operates in the computer and technology sector, competing with banking software providers, including Fiserv Inc. (NYSE: FI), Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY), nCino Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO) and ACI Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIW).

Q2 Holdings Portfolio of Services

While bank customers may take digital banking services for granted, banks have to handle the behind-the-scenes infrastructure to accommodate customer's needs. Q2 provides the software infrastructure through its cloud-based platform, providing a comprehensive suite of services, which include:

  • Consumer Retail Banking: Q2 enables financial institutions to offer online and mobile banking, from opening accounts and digital onboarding to paying bills, transferring funds, making mobile check deposits, and offering financial management tools.
  • Small and Medium-Sized Business (SMB) Banking: Q2 also offers SMB banking services, which include online payment processing, loan origination, cash flow analysis, business intelligence, expense management, and payroll.
  • Commercial Banking: Q2 Digital Banking has commercial banking features enabling ACT to instant payment rails, fraud detections, analytics, market-specific banking packages, reports, treasury onboarding and services, and integration with accounting systems. Q2 Interactive Test Drive enables commercial banking customers and prospects to try out the banking capabilities in a mock-up simulation of their environment.

Q2 plans to incorporate its generative artificial intelligence (AI) digital assistant, Andi Copilot, into its banking product portfolio and risk and fraud management platform.

Q2 Innovation Studio Enables Banks to Customize Their Digital Banking Offerings

Its Innovation Studio is a suite of tools that enable financial institutions to customize their digital banking offerings to their customers. It helps them rapidly deploy new functionalities and features. It's powered by over 1,000 integrations with the optionality to choose vendors and pre-integrated with over 150 of the best-in-class fintech partners. It offers hundreds of plug-and-play fintech integrations, including chatbots, credit scoring, payments, accounting, human resources, and payroll accounting. Q2 services 60% of the Forbes list of America's Best Banks and 40% of their Best Credit Unions list.  

Solid Results for the Second Quarter of 2024

Q2 Holdings reported a Q2 2024 EPS of 38 cents, beating consensus estimates by 6 cents. Revenues rose 12% YoY to $173 million, beating consensus estimates by $1.9 million. Non-GAAP gross margin improved to 55.7%, up from 54.2% in the year-ago period. Adjusted EBITDA was $30 million, up from $17.6 million in the year-ago period.

Subscription annualized recurring revenue (ARR) grew 19% YoY to $644.9 million. Remaining performance obligations (RPO) or backlog totaled a record $426 million, up $38 million from last year. The company signed four Tier 1 digital banking contracts, a new Tier 1 bank utilizing its relationship pricing and treasuring pricing solutions, and an expansion with an Enterprise bank.

Q2 Holdings CEO Matt Flake commented, "We've had broad sales success for several consecutive quarters, highlighted by a mix of net new and expansion wins across our lines of business. We believe our sustained performance not only demonstrates our competitive differentiation and a strong demand environment but also the resilience of our customers and prospects in the current economic climate."

QTWO Stock Sets Up a Second Potential Bull Flag Pattern

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Q2 Holdings QTWO stock chart

QTWO triggered a bull flag breakout on the breakout through the $72.38 consensus price target to form another flagpole peaking at $82.72. The flag formed on the parallel descending trendlines, indicating lower highs and lower lows. A breakout through the upper descending trendline can trigger the bull flag. The daily anchored VWAP is at $73.70. The daily relative strength index (RSI) rose to the 62-band. Fibonacci (Fib) pullback support levels are at $74.24, $67.09, $64.07, and $61.42.

Q2 Holdings’ average consensus analyst price target is $72.38, and its highest analyst price target sits at $91.00. It has nine analyst Buy ratings and one Hold rating.

Actionable Options Strategies: QTWO is trading 8% above its consensus price target. Bullish investors can buy on pullbacks using cash-secured puts and write covered calls after being assigned to execute a wheel strategy for income.

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