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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 Semiconductor Stock Worth Your Attention and 2 to Turn Down

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Semiconductors are the core infrastructure powering the Information Age. The amount of data we ingest is also increasing exponentially, leading to elevated demand for chips with more processing power. This secular trend has buoyed the industry, which has posted a six-month return of 4.9%, almost identical to the S&P 500.

Regardless of these results, investors must exercise caution as the rapid pace of innovation can easily turn today’s winners into tomorrow’s losers. With that said, here is one resilient semiconductor stock at the top of our wish list and two we’re swiping left on.

Two SemiconductorStocks to Sell:

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)

Market Cap: $11.19 billion

Result of a merger of Alpha Industries and the wireless communications division of Conexant, Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) is a designer and manufacturer of chips used in smartphones, autos, and industrial applications to amplify, filter, and process wireless signals.

Why Is SWKS Risky?

  1. Products and services are facing significant end-market challenges during this cycle as sales have declined by 12.2% annually over the last two years
  2. Sales are expected to decline once again over the next 12 months as it continues working through a challenging demand environment
  3. Efficiency has decreased over the last five years as its operating margin fell by 19.2 percentage points

Skyworks Solutions is trading at $74.52 per share, or 18.9x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including SWKS in your portfolio.

Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM)

Market Cap: $6.32 billion

The result of a spinoff from Sanken in Japan, Allegro MicroSystems (NASDAQ: ALGM) is a designer of power management chips and distance sensors used in electric vehicles and data centers.

Why Do We Think ALGM Will Underperform?

  1. Customers postponed purchases of its products and services this cycle as its revenue declined by 13.7% annually over the last two years
  2. Earnings per share have dipped by 16.8% annually over the past four years, which is concerning because stock prices follow EPS over the long term
  3. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last five years as its free cash flow margin decreased by 10.5 percentage points

At $33.83 per share, Allegro MicroSystems trades at 67.8x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why ALGM doesn’t pass our bar.

One Semiconductor Stock to Buy:

Broadcom (AVGO)

Market Cap: $1.30 trillion

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 Is AVGO a Top Pick?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 27.6% 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 75.8%
  3. Strong free cash flow margin of 41.3% enables it to reinvest or return capital consistently

Broadcom’s stock price of $275.75 implies a valuation ratio of 38.1x forward P/E. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our comprehensive research report, it’s free.

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