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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 Low-Volatility Stocks in Hot Water

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Low-volatility stocks may offer stability, but that often comes at the cost of slower growth and the upside potential of more dynamic companies.

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Carter's (CRI)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.38

Rumored to sell more than 10 products for every child born in the United States, Carter's (NYSE: CRI) is an American designer and marketer of children's apparel.

Why Are We Out on CRI?

  1. Weak same-store sales trends over the past two years suggest there may be few opportunities in its core markets to open new locations
  2. Estimated sales for the next 12 months are flat and imply a softer demand environment
  3. Eroding returns on capital suggest its historical profit centers are aging

Carter's is trading at $30.76 per share, or 8.7x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including CRI in your portfolio.

Vail Resorts (MTN)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.57

Founded by two Aspen, Colorado ski patrol guides, Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) is a mountain resort company offering luxury experiences in over 30 locations across the globe.

Why Do We Think Twice About MTN?

  1. Lackluster 1.2% annual revenue growth over the last two years indicates the company is losing ground to competitors
  2. Sluggish trends in its skier visits suggest customers aren’t adopting its solutions as quickly as the company hoped
  3. Demand will likely be soft over the next 12 months as Wall Street’s estimates imply tepid growth of 3.4%

At $160.30 per share, Vail Resorts trades at 19.6x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than MTN.

Vulcan Materials (VMC)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.72

Founded in 1909, Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC) is a producer of construction aggregates, primarily crushed stone, sand, and gravel.

Why Are We Hesitant About VMC?

  1. Products and services are facing end-market challenges during this cycle, as seen in its flat sales over the last two years
  2. Performance surrounding its tons shipped has lagged its peers
  3. Free cash flow margin shrank by 5.6 percentage points over the last five years, suggesting the company is consuming more capital to stay competitive

Vulcan Materials’s stock price of $260.20 implies a valuation ratio of 31.2x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why VMC doesn’t pass our bar.

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