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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-Heavy Stocks That Concern Us

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A surplus of cash can mean financial stability, but it can also indicate a reluctance (or inability) to invest in growth. Some of these companies also face challenges like stagnating revenue, declining market share, or limited scalability.

Not all businesses with cash are winners, and that’s why we built StockStory - to help you separate the good from the bad. That said, here are three companies with net cash positions to avoid and some better alternatives instead.

Marqeta (MQ)

Net Cash Position: $1.10 billion (55% of Market Cap)

Founded by CEO Jason Gardner in 2009, Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) is an innovative card issuer that provides companies with the ability to issue and process virtual, physical, and tokenized credit and debit cards.

Why Are We Wary of MQ?

  1. Sales stagnated over the last three years and signal the need for new growth strategies
  2. Long payback periods on sales and marketing expenses limit customer growth and signal the company operates in a highly competitive environment
  3. Persistent operating losses suggest the business manages its expenses poorly

Marqeta’s stock price of $3.97 implies a valuation ratio of 3.4x forward price-to-sales. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including MQ in your portfolio.

Zeta (ZETA)

Net Cash Position: $169.9 million (5.4% of Market Cap)

Co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley, Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) provides software and data analytics tools that help companies market their products to billions of customers.

Why Does ZETA Give Us Pause?

  1. Competitive market dynamics make it difficult to retain customers, leading to a weak 97% net revenue retention rate
  2. Steep infrastructure costs and weaker unit economics for a software company are reflected in its low gross margin of 60.3%
  3. Historical operating losses show it had an inefficient cost structure while scaling

Zeta is trading at $13.21 per share, or 2.7x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering ZETA for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Champion Homes (SKY)

Net Cash Position: $468.9 million (9.7% of Market Cap)

Founded in 1951, Champion Homes (NYSE: SKY) is a manufacturer of modular homes and buildings in North America.

Why Does SKY Fall Short?

  1. Flat unit sales over the past two years suggest it might have to lower prices to accelerate growth
  2. Performance over the past two years was negatively impacted by new share issuances as its earnings per share dropped by 31.5% annually, worse than its revenue
  3. Diminishing returns on capital suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

At $84.47 per share, Champion Homes trades at 22.6x forward price-to-earnings. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than SKY.

Stocks We Like 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 Growth Stocks for this month. 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.

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