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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 Small-Cap Stock with Promising Prospects and 2 That Underwhelm

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Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.

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Two Small-Cap Stocks to Sell:

Gap (GAP)

Market Cap: $7.68 billion

Operating under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands, Gap (NYSE: GAP) is an apparel and accessories retailer selling casual clothing to men, women, and children.

Why Do We Think Twice About GAP?

  1. Poor same-store sales performance over the past two years indicates it’s having trouble bringing new shoppers into its brick-and-mortar locations
  2. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last year as its free cash flow margin decreased by 2.7 percentage points
  3. ROIC of 7.6% reflects management’s challenges in identifying attractive investment opportunities

Gap’s stock price of $20.80 implies a valuation ratio of 10.4x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why GAP doesn’t pass our bar.

Golden Entertainment (GDEN)

Market Cap: $571.3 million

Founded in 2001, Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ: GDEN) is a gaming company operating casinos, taverns, and distributed gaming platforms.

Why Does GDEN Worry Us?

  1. Annual revenue declines of 3.3% over the last five years indicate problems with its market positioning
  2. Estimated sales for the next 12 months are flat and imply a softer demand environment
  3. Low free cash flow margin of 3.3% for the last two years gives it little breathing room, constraining its ability to self-fund growth or return capital to shareholders

At $21.84 per share, Golden Entertainment trades at 29.9x forward P/E. If you’re considering GDEN for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

One Small-Cap Stock to Watch:

Yelp (YELP)

Market Cap: $2.00 billion

Founded by PayPal alumni Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons, Yelp (NYSE: YELP) is an online platform that helps people discover local businesses through crowd-sourced reviews.

Why Does YELP Stand Out?

  1. Platform is difficult to replicate at scale and results in a best-in-class gross margin of 91.1%
  2. Disciplined cost controls and effective management resulted in a strong two-year EBITDA margin of 26%, and its profits increased over the last few years as it scaled
  3. Share repurchases over the last three years enabled its annual earnings per share growth of 28.4% to outpace its revenue gains

Yelp is trading at $31.70 per share, or 5.9x forward EV/EBITDA. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our comprehensive research report, it’s free for active Edge members .

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