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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. Keeping that in mind, here are three cash-producing companies to steer clear of and a few better alternatives.

Shyft (SHYF)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 2.1%

Notably receiving an order from FedEx for electric vehicles, Shyft (NASDAQ: SHYF) offers specialty vehicles and truck bodies for various industries.

Why Is SHYF Risky?

  1. Products and services are facing significant end-market challenges during this cycle as sales have declined by 13.7% annually over the last two years
  2. Free cash flow margin shrank by 6.8 percentage points over the last five years, suggesting the company is consuming more capital to stay competitive
  3. Diminishing returns on capital suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

Shyft is trading at $8.74 per share, or 8.1x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with SHYF, check out our full research report (it’s free).

Surgery Partners (SGRY)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 6.7%

With more than 180 locations across 33 states serving as alternatives to traditional hospital settings, Surgery Partners (NASDAQ: SGRY) operates a national network of outpatient surgical facilities including ambulatory surgery centers and short-stay surgical hospitals.

Why Are We Cautious About SGRY?

  1. Disappointing unit sales over the past two years indicate demand is soft and that the company may need to revise its strategy
  2. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last five years as its free cash flow margin decreased by 4.2 percentage points
  3. 6× net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio makes lenders less willing to extend additional capital, potentially necessitating dilutive equity offerings

At $22.43 per share, Surgery Partners trades at 21.6x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including SGRY in your portfolio.

SAIC (SAIC)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 6.8%

With over five decades of experience supporting national security missions, Science Applications International Corporation (NASDAQ: SAIC) provides technical, engineering, and enterprise IT services primarily to U.S. government agencies and military branches.

Why Do We Think SAIC Will Underperform?

  1. Annual sales declines of 1.5% for the past two years show its products and services struggled to connect with the market during this cycle
  2. Estimated sales growth of 2.7% for the next 12 months is soft and implies weaker demand
  3. Below-average returns on capital indicate management struggled to find compelling investment opportunities

SAIC’s stock price of $119.41 implies a valuation ratio of 13.1x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why SAIC doesn’t pass our bar.

Stocks That Overcame Trump’s 2018 Tariffs

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 6 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.

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