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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 Stocks Insiders are Buying at New Highs

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Insider buying is often a telling sign of future price action and never more so when the shares are up. It’s not uncommon for an insider to buy a stock when it's down simply to show confidence in the business, regardless of risk, but why add money when a stock is rising if you already have skin in the game? Because it can rise higher, which is what we are looking at today—three stocks on the move that can move higher in 2024 that insiders are buying. 

First Citizens BancShares has a Solid Family to Back it Up

First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ: FCNCA) is the holding company for First Citizens Bank, a North Carolina institution that benefited from the 2023 banking collapse. It won the bid for SVB assets, doubling its effective base and amplifying its earnings power. The company was growing at a solid double-digit figure ahead of the acquisition and has been growing at a triple-digit pace since. 

Insider activity has been mixed over the past year with ample selling, but there was a change in Q1 2024. Selling dried up and was replaced by purchases carrying more than average weight. Three insiders made a single purchase, but these three are related. They include CEO Frank B. Holding Jr. and two of his sisters, who collectively own nearly 20% of the company.  

Institutions own about 62% of the bank and are buying on balance in Q1 2024. Significant shareholders include Vanguard and BlackRock, along with numerous private money managers. The analyst community is also bullish on this stock, rating it at Moderate Buy and leading the market with price target revisions. The latest targets have the stock trading near $1800 or about 12% upside from current levels. 

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Compass Diversified Execs Buy at a One-Year High

Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI) share prices rebounded late in 2023 and set a fresh one-year high early in 2024, just before insiders started to buy. Insiders include the CEO, COO and chief of a subsidiary, each making at least one purchase. Insider holdings are relatively small at 2.5% of the stock, but the purchases are noteworthy given the stock price action. 

Institutions own about 50% of the stock, and their activity is also noteworthy. Institutions have been buying this venture capital firm on balance for two years, and activity spiked in Q1 2024 to set a new high. Analysts view the stock as a Moderate Buy and trading at fair value near current levels. 

Compass Diversified pays a solid dividend yielding 4%, so holding isn’t without reward. The payout is 33% of earnings, so reliable with an outlook for possible growth. The company is expected to post mid-single-digit top-line growth this year and next with a widening margin. Cash flow is solid, aiding balance sheet improvements and the dividend. Shareholder equity improved by 11% in 2023 and may rise another double-digit percentage in 2024. 

CODI stock chart

Gates Industrial Corporation Nears Two-Year High

Gates Industrial Corporation (NYSE: GTES) manufactures power transmission components and markets them worldwide. Its insiders are buying the stock even as major holders are selling. Purchases by several directors and the CEO are not enough to offset sales by Blackstone Inc. and Omaha Aggregator, but it doesn’t matter; the price action is moving to new highs anyway. The company is pivoting back to growth and widening margin, attracting the attention of analysts. 

There aren’t many analysts covering this stock, but they are bullish. The nine tracked by Marketbeat.com peg the stock at Moderate Buy and see it trading about 15% higher than where it is today. The consensus sentiment and price target are trending higher and may lead this market to a new three-year high by the end of this calendar year. The freshest target is the highest issued by a major analyst: $21, an all-time high, and a 50% upside.

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