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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.
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  • 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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Analysts Recommend These 3 Sector ETFs for Long-Term Growth

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Sector-oriented exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer a way to gain exposure to an entire portfolio of companies that may be benefiting from trends in the market. They provide diversification from the business-specific risk of investing in just individual companies. They also allow the ability to play off different macroeconomic events that may favor some sectors while benefiting others. Here, we will go over which sector ETFs are the best buys right now, based on an aggregate of Wall Street analyst ratings.

Technology Sector Offers Largest Implied Upside in the Market

First up is the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLK). The fund provides exposure to 66 of the largest technology companies in the United States. These companies are all in the S&P 500, but the fund has provided significantly higher returns than the S&P 500 over the past five years. XLK’s total return of 173% over that period looks great compared to just under a 100% return for the Index.

Wall Street analysts are bullish on the technology sector. Among S&P 500 technology company ratings, 61% are Buys. Additionally, closing prices as of Sept. 6 are 23% below the aggregated price targets for the sector. This difference in current price and price targets is the largest of any sector.

However, it is important to note that technology valuations are elevated. The sector's forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 27x is 31% above its 10-year average. Still, it is hard to blame analysts for being bullish on the sector. In Q3, S&P 500 technology firms issued the highest percentage of positive earnings guidance of any sector and saw aggregate earnings surprises of 3.2% in Q2.

The rapid adoption of AI caused firms like NVIDIA to post massive earnings surprises in late 2023 and early 2024. The underestimation at that time is leaving analysts not wanting to be wrong again, raising their estimates for the future.

Energy Sector Offers Strong Revenue Growth and Upside Potential

Next up is the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE). The fund provides access to 21 S&P 500 companies in the energy sector. When it comes to companies in this sector, 63% of Wall Street ratings are Buys, the second highest percentage among any sector. Also, the second highest among the sectors is the Sept. 6 closing price versus Wall Street price targets, which shows a difference of 21%.

Data also indicates that over the last few months, there may have been a misalignment between changes in the sector’s earnings growth estimates and the change in its price. Since Jun. 30, forward earnings per share estimates have increased by around 3%; however, the sector’s price appears to have changed by 1% or less.

Furthermore, the sector’s valuation suggests a potential opportunity. Compared to its 10-year average, the sector’s forward P/E ratio of 12x sits 24% below its 10-year average. The sector has also done a great job increasing its revenues, which grew by 8% last quarter from the previous year. This was second, only behind the technology sector. Additionally, all five sub-industry groups in the energy sector saw year-over-year revenue growth. This shows strength across the sector, not just one type of business supporting the rest.

The Communications Sector has the Highest Percentage of Wall Street Buy Ratings

Lastly, is the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLC). It provides exposure to 21 S&P 500 communication services companies. This sector boasts the highest percentage of company buy ratings from Wall Street analysts at 64%. Additionally, the Sept. 6 closing price differential from Wall Street price targets sits at 19.2%.

These three funds represent the only three sectors where that metric is higher than the overall S&P 500’s of 14%. The sector saw the third highest revenue growth of all sectors from the previous year at 7.5%. Four out of the sector's five industries saw double-digit revenue growth. The media industry saw a 1% decline.

The sector’s forward P/E ratio is 11% higher than its 10-year average; however, it is still significantly lower than the overall S&P 500’s of 21x.

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