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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 Unpopular Stock that Should Get More Attention and 2 to Avoid

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Redfin (RDFN)

Consensus Price Target: $9.97 (-0.3% implied return)

Founded by a former medical school student, electrical engineer, and Amazon data engineer, Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) is a real estate company offering brokerage services through an online platform.

Why Do We Steer Clear of RDFN?

  1. Performance surrounding its partner transactions has lagged its peers
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  3. Negative earnings profile makes it challenging to secure favorable financing terms from lenders

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John Bean (JBTM)

Consensus Price Target: $125.20 (9% implied return)

Tracing back to its invention of the mechanical milk bottle filler in 1884, John Bean (NYSE: JBT) designs, manufactures, and sells equipment used for food processing and aviation.

Why Do We Avoid JBTM?

  1. Organic revenue growth fell short of our benchmarks over the past two years and implies it may need to improve its products, pricing, or go-to-market strategy
  2. 6.6 percentage point decline in its free cash flow margin over the last five years reflects the company’s increased investments to defend its market position
  3. High net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 5× could force the company to raise capital at unfavorable terms if market conditions deteriorate

At $114.81 per share, John Bean trades at 18.6x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than JBTM.

One Stock to Buy:

Broadcom (AVGO)

Consensus Price Target: $248.78 (2.8% implied return)

Originally the semiconductor division of Hewlett Packard, Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a semiconductor conglomerate spanning wireless communications, networking, and data storage as well as infrastructure software focused on mainframes and cybersecurity.

Why Will AVGO Beat the Market?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 25.9% over the past two years was outstanding, reflecting market share gains this cycle
  2. Superior product capabilities and pricing power lead to a best-in-class gross margin of 75.4%
  3. Strong free cash flow margin of 41.9% enables it to reinvest or return capital consistently

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