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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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Why Genuine Parts Company Is a Royally Good Buy Right Now

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Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) is a Dividend King worth buying in 2025 because its stock is trading at long-term lows, the stock has value relative to peers, and the dividend is at the high end of the historical range. Trading near $120, this stock pays more than 3.0% and can be expected to continue growing its annual payout because of its business and financial health; it is good for long-term investment. 

Genuine Parts Company has been reorganizing and repositioning since 2023. It is on track to sustain its low single-digit growth pace in 2025 and may even accelerate business. The repositioning includes focusing on technology, expanding into new categories, and improving customer accessibility and satisfaction. 

Genuine Parts Company Invests in Growth for 2025

Genuine Parts Company had a decent fiscal fourth quarter, with results reflecting the impact of growth efforts and positioning. The $5.8 billion in net revenue was up 3.3% compared to the prior year, accelerating sequentially and outperforming the consensus estimate. Growth was driven by acquisitions, which contributed 3.2% and are expected to drive organic growth in 2025. Acquisitions were compounded by an FX tailwind and an extra day, offset by declining comps. The comp decline is worrisome but slim at 0.5%. This is due to weakness in the company's Industrial segment, and offset by growth in its Automotive segment.

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The margin news was also good. The company posted an expected margin decline but less than forecasted by consensus figures reported by MarketBeat. The net result is adjusted earnings of $1.61, positive free cash flow, and guidance for improvement in 2025. 

The guidance for 2025 was mixed. Revenue targets include organic growth in both segments and align with the consensus of a 3% increase, but the earnings targets are weak. Earnings, while sufficient to sustain balance sheet health and capital return, are forecasted below the consensus, which is negative for the stock price action. However, the cash flow outlook may be more important. Earnings, at best, will be flat compared to 2024, but free cash flow is forecast to grow by a double-digit amount and improve the company’s financial flexibility. 

Genuine Parts company’s cash flow and balance sheet reflected the impact of its acquisitions and repositioning efforts, which include reduced cash and increased liability. However, the cash reduction and increased liability were offset by increased assets, steady equity, and the ability to pay down the debt while returning capital to shareholders. The capital return is primarily the dividend but includes share repurchases that reduce the count incrementally each year, about 1% in F2024. 

Institutional Buying of GPC Stock Spikes in Q1

Institutional investors are buying the stock in Q1 and helping to put a floor in the market. Their activity has been bullish on balance since Q4 2023 and ramped to a new high in 2025. The institutional activity in the first six weeks of 2025, when GPCs stock price hit long-term lows, spiked to a multiyear high dating to before 2020, netting 4% of the stock. Analysts' sentiment also suggests a bottom for this market, rating it as a hold and forecasting a 15% upside at the consensus estimate. 

The stock price action is suggestive. The market hit bottom in late 2024 and has since trended sideways, confirming support at the $115 level. The market is pulling back following the guidance update but remains above the critical support level, aligning with the recent trend. The sideways action could continue indefinitely, but analysts' targets and the outlook for business growth suggest otherwise. The long-term outlook is positive regardless of where the stock price ends in 2025 because of the value, yield, and share repurchases. 

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