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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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1 Bank Stock Worth Your Attention and 2 Facing Challenges

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Banks use their capital and expertise to help businesses grow while offering consumers essential financial products like mortgages and credit cards. But worries about an economic slowdown and potential credit deterioration have kept sentiment in check, and over the past six months, the banking industry’s 7.5% return has trailed the S&P 500 by 10.9 percentage points.

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Two Bank Stocks to Sell:

CVB Financial (CVBF)

Market Cap: $2.58 billion

With roots dating back to 1974 and a focus on serving small and medium-sized businesses, CVB Financial (NASDAQ: CVBF) operates Citizens Business Bank, providing banking, lending, and trust services to businesses and individuals across California.

Why Does CVBF Give Us Pause?

  1. Annual net interest income growth of 1.4% over the last five years was below our standards for the banking sector
  2. Performance over the past two years shows each sale was less profitable as its earnings per share dropped by 9% annually, worse than its revenue
  3. Annual tangible book value per share growth of 2.8% over the last five years was below our standards for the banking sector

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WaFd Bank (WAFD)

Market Cap: $2.36 billion

Founded in 1917 and rebranded from Washington Federal in 2023, WaFd (NASDAQ: WAFD) is a bank holding company that provides lending, deposit services, and insurance through its Washington Federal Bank subsidiary across eight western states.

Why Are We Cautious About WAFD?

  1. 7% annual net interest income growth over the last five years was slower than its banking peers
  2. 102.2 basis point (100 basis points = 1 percentage point) decline in its net interest margin over the last two years reflects the firm’s willingness to accept lower profitability to defend its market position
  3. Earnings per share decreased by more than its revenue over the last two years, showing each sale was less profitable

WaFd Bank’s stock price of $29.93 implies a valuation ratio of 0.9x forward P/B. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including WAFD in your portfolio.

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Live Oak Bancshares (LOB)

Market Cap: $1.61 billion

Founded during the 2008 financial crisis with a vision to reimagine small business banking through technology, Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE: LOB) is a bank holding company that specializes in providing online banking services and SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses across targeted industries nationwide.

Why Should You Buy LOB?

  1. Annual net interest income growth of 20.9% over the past five years was outstanding, reflecting market share gains this cycle
  2. Incremental sales significantly boosted profitability as its annual earnings per share growth of 72.4% over the last five years outstripped its revenue performance
  3. Balance sheet strength has increased this cycle as its 11.4% annual tangible book value per share growth over the last five years was exceptional

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