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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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1 Industrials Stock to Target This Week and 2 to Be Wary Of

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Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy, and investors seem to be forecasting a downturn - over the past six months, the industry has pulled back by 12.6%. This drop was worse than the S&P 500’s 6.4% loss.

The elite companies can churn out earnings growth under any circumstance, however, and our mission at StockStory is to help you find them. With that said, here is one resilient industrials stock at the top of our wish list and two we’re swiping left on.

Two Industrials Stocks to Sell:

WESCO (WCC)

Market Cap: $7.31 billion

Based in Pittsburgh, WESCO (NYSE: WCC) provides electrical, industrial, and communications products and augments them with services such as supply chain management.

Why Are We Hesitant About WCC?

  1. Organic sales performance over the past two years indicates the company may need to make strategic adjustments or rely on M&A to catalyze faster growth
  2. Demand will likely be soft over the next 12 months as Wall Street’s estimates imply tepid growth of 2.3%
  3. Earnings per share have contracted by 15.7% annually over the last two years, a headwind for returns as stock prices often echo long-term EPS performance

At $160 per share, WESCO trades at 10.5x forward price-to-earnings. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why WCC doesn’t pass our bar.

Cummins (CMI)

Market Cap: $38.45 billion

With more than half of the heavy-duty truck market using its engines at one point, Cummins (NYSE: CMI) offers engines and power systems.

Why Does CMI Fall Short?

  1. Estimated sales decline of 2.7% for the next 12 months implies a challenging demand environment
  2. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last five years as its free cash flow margin decreased by 10.3 percentage points
  3. Shrinking returns on capital suggest that increasing competition is eating into the company’s profitability

Cummins is trading at $285.63 per share, or 12.1x forward price-to-earnings. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than CMI.

One Industrials Stock to Watch:

Dycom (DY)

Market Cap: $4.45 billion

Working alongside some of the most popular mobile carriers in the world, Dycom (NYSE: DY) builds and maintains telecommunications infrastructure.

Why Are We Fans of DY?

  1. Impressive 11.1% annual revenue growth over the last two years indicates it’s winning market share this cycle
  2. Operating margin expanded by 5.1 percentage points over the last five years as it scaled and became more efficient
  3. Performance over the past two years was turbocharged by share buybacks, which enabled its earnings per share to grow faster than its revenue

Dycom’s stock price of $158.46 implies a valuation ratio of 16.3x forward price-to-earnings. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our full research report, it’s free.

Stocks We Like Even More

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election sent major indices to all-time highs, but stocks have retraced as investors debate the health of the economy and the potential impact of tariffs.

While this leaves much uncertainty around 2025, a few companies are poised for long-term gains regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate, like 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 Comfort Systems (+751% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free.

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