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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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1 Unpopular Stock that Deserves a Second Chance and 2 to Ignore

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When Wall Street turns bearish on a stock, it’s worth paying attention. These calls stand out because analysts rarely issue grim ratings on companies for fear their firms will lose out in other business lines such as M&A advisory.

At StockStory, we look beyond the headlines with our independent analysis to determine whether these bearish calls are justified. Keeping that in mind, here is one stock poised to prove Wall Street wrong and two facing legitimate challenges.

Two Stocks to Sell:

Ralph Lauren (RL)

Consensus Price Target: $308.83 (11.9% implied return)

Originally founded as a necktie company, Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) is an iconic American fashion brand known for its classic and sophisticated style.

Why Do We Think Twice About RL?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last five years as its 2.8% annual growth was below the typical consumer discretionary company
  2. Constant currency revenue growth has disappointed over the past two years and shows demand was soft
  3. Estimated sales growth of 4.6% for the next 12 months is soft and implies weaker demand

Ralph Lauren is trading at $276 per share, or 20.5x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with RL, check out our full research report (it’s free).

MSA Safety (MSA)

Consensus Price Target: $177.25 (9.5% implied return)

Founded in 1914 as Mine Safety Appliances to protect coal miners from dangerous gases, MSA Safety (NYSE: MSA) designs and manufactures advanced safety products that protect workers and facilities across industries including fire service, energy, construction, and manufacturing.

Why Does MSA Worry Us?

  1. Modest revenue base of $1.82 billion gives it less fixed cost leverage and fewer distribution channels than larger companies
  2. Estimated sales growth of 3.5% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its two-year trend
  3. Free cash flow margin has stayed in place over the last five years

At $161.84 per share, MSA Safety trades at 19.5x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why MSA doesn’t pass our bar.

One Stock to Watch:

Ingersoll Rand (IR)

Consensus Price Target: $89.23 (11.6% implied return)

Started with the invention of the steam drill, Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) provides mission-critical air, gas, liquid, and solid flow creation solutions.

Why Do We Like IR?

  1. Operating profits and efficiency rose over the last five years as it benefited from some fixed cost leverage
  2. Additional sales over the last five years increased its profitability as the 17.2% annual growth in its earnings per share outpaced its revenue
  3. Robust free cash flow margin of 15.7% gives it many options for capital deployment, and its growing cash flow gives it even more resources to deploy

Ingersoll Rand’s stock price of $79.96 implies a valuation ratio of 23.5x forward P/E. Is now the time to initiate a position? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

Stocks We Like Even More

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 5 Growth Stocks for this month. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 183% over the last five years (as of March 31st 2025).

Stocks that made our list in 2020 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,545% between March 2020 and March 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-micro-cap company Kadant (+351% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free.

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