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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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1 of Wall Street’s Favorite Stock with Competitive Advantages and 2 to Turn Down

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Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on the stocks in this article, with price targets suggesting significant upside potential. However, it’s worth remembering that analysts rarely issue sell ratings, partly because their firms often seek other business from the same companies they cover.

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The Real Brokerage (REAX)

Consensus Price Target: $6.50 (50.8% implied return)

Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2014, The Real Brokerage (NASDAQ: REAX) is a technology-driven real estate brokerage firm combining a tech-centric model with an agent-centric philosophy.

Why Are We Wary of REAX?

  1. Historical operating losses point to an inefficient cost structure
  2. Incremental sales over the last five years were much less profitable as its earnings per share fell by 9% annually while its revenue grew
  3. Ability to fund investments or reward shareholders with increased buybacks or dividends is restricted by its weak free cash flow margin of 3.3% for the last two years

At $4.31 per share, The Real Brokerage trades at 16.5x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why REAX doesn’t pass our bar.

Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK)

Consensus Price Target: $26.55 (15.1% implied return)

Founded in 1991, Graphic Packaging (NYSE: GPK) is a provider of paper-based packaging solutions for a wide range of products.

Why Should You Dump GPK?

  1. Declining unit sales over the past two years indicate demand is soft and that the company may need to revise its strategy
  2. Earnings per share have contracted by 5.5% annually over the last two years, a headwind for returns as stock prices often echo long-term EPS performance
  3. Free cash flow margin dropped by 10.9 percentage points over the last five years, implying the company became more capital intensive as competition picked up

Graphic Packaging Holding’s stock price of $23.06 implies a valuation ratio of 9.4x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with GPK, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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Expedia (EXPE)

Consensus Price Target: $189.19 (12.8% implied return)

Originally founded as a part of Microsoft, Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) is one of the world’s leading online travel agencies.

Why Are We Fans of EXPE?

  1. Prominent and differentiated platform results in a best-in-class gross margin of 89%
  2. Excellent EBITDA margin of 21.3% highlights the efficiency of its business model, and its profits increased over the last few years as it scaled
  3. Share repurchases have amplified shareholder returns as its annual earnings per share growth of 60.8% exceeded its revenue gains over the last three years

Expedia is trading at $167.69 per share, or 6.8x forward EV/EBITDA. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our comprehensive research report, it’s free.

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