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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.

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1 Semiconductor Stock with Competitive Advantages and 2 to Keep Off Your Radar

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Semiconductors are the silicon backbone of the digital revolution. Demand for chips is variable though, meaning that corporate inventory levels and sentiment can significantly impact the industry. Uncertainty surrounding these factors has hurt semiconductor stocks over the past six months as they have pulled back by 17%. This drawdown was noticeably worse than the S&P 500’s 1.7% fall.

The elite companies can churn out earnings growth under any circumstance, however, and our mission at StockStory is to help you find them. Keeping that in mind, here is one semiconductor stock poised to generate sustainable market-beating returns and two we’re steering clear of.

Two Semiconductor Stocks to Sell:

Analog Devices (ADI)

Market Cap: $98.5 billion

Founded by two MIT graduates, Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber in 1965, Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI) is one of the largest providers of high performance analog integrated circuits used mainly in industrial end markets, along with communications, autos, and consumer devices.

Why Does ADI Give Us Pause?

  1. Products and services are facing significant end-market challenges during this cycle as sales have declined by 13.8% annually over the last two years
  2. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last five years, causing its operating margin to decline by 8.1 percentage points
  3. Low returns on capital reflect management’s struggle to allocate funds effectively, and its falling returns suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

Analog Devices’s stock price of $198.10 implies a valuation ratio of 26.1x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including ADI in your portfolio.

Amtech (ASYS)

Market Cap: $51.44 million

Focusing on the silicon carbide and power semiconductor sectors, Amtech Systems (NASDAQ: ASYS) produces the machinery and related chemicals needed for manufacturing semiconductors.

Why Do We Pass on ASYS?

  1. Muted 4.1% annual revenue growth over the last five years shows its demand lagged behind its semiconductor peers
  2. Historical operating losses point to an inefficient cost structure
  3. Negative returns on capital show that some of its growth strategies have backfired, and its falling returns suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

Amtech is trading at $3.53 per share, or 7.3x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why ASYS doesn’t pass our bar.

One Semiconductor Stock to Watch:

Applied Materials (AMAT)

Market Cap: $126 billion

Founded in 1967 as the first company to develop tools for other businesses in the semiconductor industry, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) is the largest provider of semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment.

Why Does AMAT Stand Out?

  1. Market share has increased this cycle as its 13% annual revenue growth over the last five years was exceptional
  2. Healthy operating margin of 29.1% shows it’s a well-run company with efficient processes, and its rise over the last five years was fueled by some leverage on its fixed costs
  3. Market-beating returns on capital illustrate that management has a knack for investing in profitable ventures

At $155.10 per share, Applied Materials trades at 16.3x forward P/E. Is now the time to initiate a position? See for yourself in our full research report, it’s free.

Stocks That Overcame Trump’s 2018 Tariffs

The market surged in 2024 and reached record highs after Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November, but questions about new economic policies are adding much uncertainty for 2025.

While the crowd speculates what might happen next, we’re homing in on the companies that can succeed regardless of the political or macroeconomic environment. Put yourself in the driver’s seat and build a durable portfolio by checking out 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 United Rentals (+322% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free.

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