About Cabling Installation & Maintenance

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.

Contact Cabling Installation & Maintenance

Editorial

Patrick McLaughlin

Serena Aburahma

Advertising and Sponsorship Sales

Peter Fretty - Vice President, Market Leader

Tim Carli - Business Development Manager

Brayden Hudspeth - Sales Development Representative

Subscriptions and Memberships

Subscribe to our newsletters and manage your subscriptions

Feedback/Problems

Send a message to our general in-box

 

3 Small-Cap Stocks Skating on Thin Ice

BELFA Cover Image

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.

Luckily for you, our mission at StockStory is to help you make money and avoid losses by sorting the winners from the losers. Keeping that in mind, here are three small-cap stocks to avoid and some other investments you should consider instead.

Bel Fuse (BELFA)

Market Cap: $963.4 million

Founded by 26-year-old Elliot Bernstein during the electronics boom after WW2, Bel Fuse (NASDAQ: BELF.A) provides electronic systems and devices to the telecommunications, networking, transportation, and industrial sectors.

Why Do We Think Twice About BELFA?

  1. Customers postponed purchases of its products and services this cycle as its revenue declined by 9.6% annually over the last two years
  2. Anticipated sales growth of 6.2% for the next year implies demand will be shaky
  3. Earnings per share have contracted by 12.2% annually over the last two years, a headwind for returns as stock prices often echo long-term EPS performance

Bel Fuse’s stock price of $74.88 implies a valuation ratio of 14.1x forward price-to-earnings. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why BELFA doesn’t pass our bar.

Global Industrial (GIC)

Market Cap: $870.4 million

Formerly known as Systemax, Global Industrial (NYSE: GIC) distributes industrial and commercial products to businesses and institutions.

Why Do We Steer Clear of GIC?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 6.2% over the last two years was below our standards for the industrials sector
  2. Performance over the past two years shows its incremental sales were much less profitable, as its earnings per share fell by 12.3% annually
  3. Waning returns on capital imply its previous profit engines are losing steam

At $22.70 per share, Global Industrial trades at 13.7x forward price-to-earnings. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including GIC in your portfolio.

CompoSecure (CMPO)

Market Cap: $1.16 billion

Pioneer of the luxury metal credit card that's in the wallets of affluent consumers worldwide, CompoSecure (NASDAQ: CMPO) designs and manufactures premium metal payment cards and secure authentication solutions for financial institutions and digital asset storage.

Why Are We Wary of CMPO?

  1. Modest revenue base of $420.6 million gives it less fixed cost leverage and fewer distribution channels than larger companies
  2. Expenses have increased as a percentage of revenue over the last four years as its adjusted operating margin fell by 4.8 percentage points
  3. Earnings per share have dipped by 6.4% annually over the past two years, which is concerning because stock prices follow EPS over the long term

CompoSecure is trading at $11.57 per share, or 10.6x forward price-to-earnings. If you’re considering CMPO for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Stocks We Like More

With rates dropping, inflation stabilizing, and the elections in the rearview mirror, all signs point to the start of a new bull run - and we’re laser-focused on finding the best stocks for this upcoming cycle.

Put yourself in the driver’s seat by checking out our Top 5 Strong Momentum Stocks for this week. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 175% over the last five years.

Stocks that made our list in 2019 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+2,183% between December 2019 and December 2024) as well as under-the-radar businesses like Sterling Infrastructure (+1,096% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free.

Stock Quote API & Stock News API supplied by www.cloudquote.io
Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes.
By accessing this page, you agree to the following
Privacy Policy and Terms Of Service.