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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 Safe-and-Steady Stock on Our Buy List and 2 to Ignore

By: StockStory

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A stock with low volatility can be reassuring, but it doesn’t always mean strong long-term performance. Investors who prioritize stability may miss out on higher-reward opportunities elsewhere.

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QCR Holdings (QCRH)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.74

With roots dating back to 1993 and a name reflecting its original Quad Cities market, QCR Holdings (NASDAQGM:QCRH) operates four community banks across Iowa and Missouri, providing commercial, consumer banking, and trust services to businesses and individuals.

Why Are We Hesitant About QCRH?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last two years as its 2.7% annual growth was below the typical bank company
  2. Concessions to defend its market share have ramped up over the last two years as its net interest margin decreased by 29 basis points (100 basis points = 1 percentage point)
  3. High debt servicing costs relative to its earnings leave little margin for error in meeting its financial obligations

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PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.91

Tracing its roots back to 1852 when Pittsburgh's industrial boom demanded stronger financial institutions, PNC (NYSE: PNC) is a diversified financial institution that provides retail banking, corporate banking, and asset management services through a coast-to-coast branch network.

Why Are We Wary of PNC?

  1. Flat sales over the last two years suggest it must find different ways to grow during this cycle
  2. Net interest margin of 2.7% is well below other banks, signaling its loans aren’t very profitable
  3. Annual interest expenses are high relative to its profits, increasing the probability of its failure to meet certain borrowing obligations

At $174.27 per share, PNC Financial Services Group trades at 1.3x forward P/B. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including PNC in your portfolio.

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Verra Mobility (VRRM)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.16

Aiming to wrap technology and data around a historically manual and paper-based industry, Verra Mobility (NYSE: VRRM) is a leading provider of smart mobility technology to address tolls and violations, title and registration services, as well as safety and traffic enforcement.

Why Will VRRM Beat the Market?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 13.8% over the last five years was superb and indicates its market share increased during this cycle
  2. Offerings are difficult to replicate at scale and lead to a best-in-class gross margin of 62.1%
  3. Strong free cash flow margin of 20% enables it to reinvest or return capital consistently, and its growing cash flow gives it even more resources to deploy

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