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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.

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  • 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.
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Why Methode Electronics (MEI) Shares Are Getting Obliterated Today

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What Happened?

Shares of custom-engineered solutions manufacturer Methode Electronics (NYSE: MEI) fell 23.6% in the morning session after the company reported a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss and issued a disappointing financial outlook for fiscal 2026. The electronic components maker posted a fourth-quarter adjusted loss of $0.77 per share on revenue of $257.1 million. This represents a significant decline from the prior year, driven by lower volumes in its Automotive segment. 

Looking ahead, Methode provided a grim forecast for its 2026 fiscal year, anticipating net sales between $900 million and $1 billion. The company attributed the expected sales decline of approximately $100 million to reduced demand for electric vehicles (EVs), particularly from a major customer, Stellantis. This guidance, which signals ongoing business challenges, appeared to overshadow some positive news, including record sales for its data center power products and a newly declared quarterly dividend.

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What Is The Market Telling Us

Methode Electronics’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 39 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Methode Electronics and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.

Methode Electronics is down 33.9% since the beginning of the year, and at $7.82 per share, it is trading 44.2% below its 52-week high of $14.02 from December 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Methode Electronics’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $278.88.

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