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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.

A Look Back at Energy Products and Services Stocks’ Q4 Earnings: FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) Vs The Rest Of The Pack

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Wrapping up Q4 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the energy products and services stocks, including FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ: FIP) and its peers.

Areas like the energy transition and emission reduction are thematic and front of mind today. This can be a double-edged sword for the energy products and services industry. Those who innovate and build new expertise can jolt demand while those who cling to legacy technologies or fall behind in the trending areas could see their market shares diminish. Bigger picture, energy products and services companies are still at the whim of construction and infrastructure project volumes, which tend to be cyclical and can be impacted heavily by economic factors such as interest rates.

The 4 energy products and services stocks we track reported a softer Q4. As a group, revenues missed analysts’ consensus estimates by 11.7%.

Amidst this news, share prices of the companies have had a rough stretch. On average, they are down 19.7% since the latest earnings results.

FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ: FIP)

Spun off from FTAI Aviation in 2021, FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ: FIP) invests in and operates infrastructure and related assets across the transportation and energy sectors.

FTAI Infrastructure reported revenues of $80.76 million, flat year on year. This print fell short of analysts’ expectations by 14.8%. Overall, it was a disappointing quarter for the company with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

FTAI Infrastructure Total Revenue

Unsurprisingly, the stock is down 28.6% since reporting and currently trades at $4.06.

Read our full report on FTAI Infrastructure here, it’s free.

Best Q4: Quanta (NYSE: PWR)

A construction engineering services company, Quanta (NYSE: PWR) provides infrastructure solutions to a variety of sectors, including energy and communications.

Quanta reported revenues of $6.55 billion, up 13.3% year on year, falling short of analysts’ expectations by 1%. However, the business still had a very strong quarter with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

Quanta Total Revenue

Quanta pulled off the highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. The market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 2.2% since reporting. It currently trades at $285.42.

Is now the time to buy Quanta? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU)

Founded to provide electricity to towns in Minnesota, MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU) provides products and services in the utilities and construction materials industries.

MDU Resources reported revenues of $535.5 million, down 52.8% year on year, falling short of analysts’ expectations by 32.3%. It was a disappointing quarter as it posted full-year EPS guidance missing analysts’ expectations.

MDU Resources delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates and slowest revenue growth in the group. As expected, the stock is down 5.6% since the results and currently trades at $16.95.

Read our full analysis of MDU Resources’s results here.

Ameresco (NYSE: AMRC)

Having played a role in upgrading the energy solutions of Alcatraz Island, Ameresco (NYSE: AMRC) provides energy and renewable energy solutions for various sectors.

Ameresco reported revenues of $532.7 million, up 20.7% year on year. This result beat analysts’ expectations by 1.1%. Zooming out, it was a slower quarter as it recorded full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations.

Ameresco scored the biggest analyst estimates beat and fastest revenue growth, but had the weakest full-year guidance update among its peers. The stock is down 42.5% since reporting and currently trades at $10.51.

Read our full, actionable report on Ameresco here, it’s free.

Market Update

Thanks to the Fed’s series of rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, inflation has cooled significantly from its post-pandemic highs, drawing closer to the 2% goal. This disinflation has occurred without severely impacting economic growth, suggesting the success of a soft landing. The stock market thrived in 2024, spurred by recent rate cuts (0.5% in September and 0.25% in November), and a notable surge followed Donald Trump’s presidential election win in November, propelling indices to historic highs. Nonetheless, the outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. The path forward holds both optimism and caution as new policies take shape.

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