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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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3 Cash-Producing Stocks with Mounting Challenges

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While strong cash flow is a key indicator of stability, it doesn’t always translate to superior returns. Some cash-heavy businesses struggle with inefficient spending, slowing demand, or weak competitive positioning.

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 that don’t make the cut and some better opportunities instead.

Coursera (COUR)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 9.4%

Founded by two Stanford University computer science professors, Coursera (NYSE: COUR) is an online learning platform that offers courses, specializations, and degrees from top universities and organizations around the world.

Why Are We Cautious About COUR?

  1. Customer spending has dipped by 5.2% on average as it focused on growing its customers
  2. Estimated sales growth of 4.1% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Expensive marketing campaigns hurt its profitability and make us wonder what would happen if it let up on the gas

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Herbalife (HLF)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 3.3%

With the first products sold out of the trunk of the founder’s car, Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) today offers a portfolio of shakes, supplements, personal care products, and weight management programs to help customers reach their nutritional and fitness goals.

Why Does HLF Give Us Pause?

  1. Declining unit sales over the past two years indicate demand is soft and that the company may need to revise its product strategy
  2. Estimated sales for the next 12 months are flat and imply a softer demand environment
  3. Earnings per share have dipped by 21.7% annually over the past three years, which is concerning because stock prices follow EPS over the long term

Herbalife is trading at $7.70 per share, or 3.8x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why HLF doesn’t pass our bar.

Amentum (AMTM)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 1.1%

With operations spanning approximately 80 countries and a workforce of specialized engineers and technical experts, Amentum Holdings (NYSE: AMTM) provides advanced engineering and technology solutions to U.S. government agencies, allied governments, and commercial enterprises across defense, energy, and space sectors.

Why Does AMTM Fall Short?

  1. Large revenue base makes it harder to increase sales quickly, and its annual revenue growth of 2.4% over the last three years was below our standards for the business services sector
  2. Estimated sales growth of 1.2% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its two-year trend
  3. Poor free cash flow margin of 1.6% for the last four years limits its freedom to invest in growth initiatives, execute share buybacks, or pay dividends

At $22.65 per share, Amentum trades at 10.2x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with AMTM, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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