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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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3 Value Stocks Skating on Thin Ice

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Value investing has created more billionaires than any other strategy, like Warren Buffett, who built his fortune by purchasing wonderful businesses at reasonable prices. But these hidden gems are few and far between - many stocks that appear cheap often stay that way because they face structural issues.

This distinction between true value and value traps can challenge even the most skilled investors. Luckily for you, we started StockStory to help you uncover exceptional companies. That said, here are three value stocks with poor fundamentals and some alternatives you should consider instead.

Bandwidth (BAND)

Forward P/S Ratio: 0.6x

Started in 1999 by David Morken who was later joined by Henry Kaestner as co-founder in 2001, Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) provides thousands of customers with a software platform that uses its own global network to provide phone numbers, voice, and text connectivity.

Why Do We Avoid BAND?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 15.1% over the last three years was below our standards for the software sector
  2. Projected sales are flat for the next 12 months, implying demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Bad unit economics and steep infrastructure costs are reflected in its gross margin of 37.4%, one of the worst among software companies

At $15.25 per share, Bandwidth trades at 0.6x forward price-to-sales. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than BAND.

Solo Brands (DTC)

Forward P/E Ratio: 1.9x

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

Why Do We Think DTC Will Underperform?

  1. Annual revenue declines of 2.1% over the last two years indicate problems with its market positioning
  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 $0.72 per share, or 1.9x forward price-to-earnings. To fully understand why you should be careful with DTC, check out our full research report (it’s free).

Oshkosh (OSK)

Forward P/E Ratio: 9x

Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) manufactures specialty vehicles for the defense, fire, emergency, and commercial industry, operating various brand subsidiaries within each industry.

Why Does OSK Fall Short?

  1. New orders were hard to come by as its average backlog growth of 7.5% over the past two years underwhelmed
  2. Estimated sales decline of 1.8% for the next 12 months implies a challenging demand environment
  3. Free cash flow margin shrank by 8.4 percentage points over the last five years, suggesting the company is consuming more capital to stay competitive

Oshkosh’s stock price of $95.37 implies a valuation ratio of 9x forward price-to-earnings. If you’re considering OSK for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

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