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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.

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3 Consumer Stocks to Axe From Your List

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Most consumer discretionary businesses succeed or fail based on the broader economy. This volatility leads to big swings in stock prices that have worked in their favor recently - over the past six months, the industry has returned 16.4% and beat the S&P 500 by 7 percentage points.

Regardless of these results, investors should tread carefully as many companies in this space are unpredictable because they lack recurring revenue business models. Keeping that in mind, here are three consumer stocks we’re passing on.

Nike (NKE)

Market Cap: $113.6 billion

Originally selling Japanese Onitsuka Tiger sneakers as Blue Ribbon Sports, Nike (NYSE: NKE) is a global titan in athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories.

Why Do We Steer Clear of NKE?

  1. Weak constant currency growth over the past two years indicates challenges in maintaining its market share
  2. Sales are projected to tank by 7.1% over the next 12 months as demand evaporates further
  3. Diminishing returns on capital suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

At $76.72 per share, Nike trades at 27.6x forward price-to-earnings. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why NKE doesn’t pass our bar.

Solo Brands (DTC)

Market Cap: $52.03 million

Started through a Kickstarter campaign, Solo Brands (NYSE: DTC) is a provider of outdoor and recreational products.

Why Should You Dump DTC?

  1. Products and services have few die-hard fans as sales have declined by 2.1% annually over the last two years
  2. Performance over the past four years shows its incremental sales were much less profitable, as its earnings per share fell by 18.1% annually
  3. Diminishing returns on capital from an already low starting point show that neither management’s prior nor current bets are going as planned

Solo Brands is trading at $0.90 per share, or 2.4x forward price-to-earnings. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including DTC in your portfolio.

Clarus (CLAR)

Market Cap: $188.4 million

Initially a financial services business, Clarus (NASDAQ: CLAR) designs, manufactures, and distributes outdoor equipment and lifestyle products.

Why Do We Think CLAR Will Underperform?

  1. Sales tumbled by 23.6% annually over the last two years, showing consumer trends are working against its favor
  2. Incremental sales over the last five years were much less profitable as its earnings per share fell by 16.1% annually while its revenue grew
  3. Eroding returns on capital from an already low base indicate that management’s recent investments are destroying value

Clarus’s stock price of $4.91 implies a valuation ratio of 11.5x forward price-to-earnings. To fully understand why you should be careful with CLAR, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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