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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 Cash-Producing Stocks That Concern Us

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Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments. Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.

Cash flow is valuable, but it’s not everything - StockStory helps you identify the companies that truly put it to work. That said, here are three cash-producing companies that don’t make the cut and some better opportunities instead.

Alarm.com (ALRM)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 20.9%

Founded in 2000 as a business unit within MicroStrategy, Alarm.com (NASDAQ: ALRM) is a software-as-a-service platform that enables users to control their security systems and smart home appliances from a single app.

Why Does ALRM Give Us Pause?

  1. Offerings struggled to generate meaningful interest as its average billings growth of 6.5% over the last year did not impress
  2. Estimated sales growth of 4.1% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Gross margin of 65.3% is below its competitors, leaving less money to invest in areas like marketing and R&D

Alarm.com’s stock price of $51.89 implies a valuation ratio of 3.1x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering ALRM for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Leslie's (LESL)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 2.5%

Named after founder Philip Leslie, who established the company in 1963, Leslie’s (NASDAQ: LESL) is a retailer that sells pool and spa supplies, equipment, and maintenance services.

Why Are We Wary of LESL?

  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. Smaller revenue base of $1.33 billion means it hasn’t achieved the economies of scale that some industry juggernauts enjoy
  3. High net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 10× increases the risk of forced asset sales or dilutive financing if operational performance weakens

At $0.61 per share, Leslie's trades at 9.6x forward price-to-earnings. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why LESL doesn’t pass our bar.

Crown Holdings (CCK)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 6.9%

Formerly Crown Cork & Seal, Crown Holdings (NYSE: CCK) produces packaging products for consumer marketing companies, including food, beverage, household, and industrial products.

Why Should You Dump CCK?

  1. Underwhelming constant currency revenue performance over the past two years suggests its product offering at current prices doesn’t resonate with customers
  2. Projected sales growth of 1.8% for the next 12 months suggests sluggish demand
  3. Earnings per share have dipped by 2.5% annually over the past two years, which is concerning because stock prices follow EPS over the long term

Crown Holdings is trading at $87.80 per share, or 12.7x forward price-to-earnings. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including CCK in your portfolio.

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Market indices reached historic highs following Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November 2024, but the outlook for 2025 is clouded by new trade policies that could impact business confidence and growth.

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