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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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3 Cash-Producing Stocks We Find Risky

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PepsiCo (PEP)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 8.1%

With a history that goes back more than a century, PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is a household name in food and beverages today and best known for its flagship soda.

Why Does PEP Give Us Pause?

  1. Shrinking unit sales over the past two years imply it may need to invest in product improvements to get back on track
  2. Estimated sales growth of 3.2% for the next 12 months is soft and implies weaker demand
  3. Expenses have increased as a percentage of revenue over the last year as its operating margin fell by 2.1 percentage points

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Kontoor Brands (KTB)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 14.3%

Founded in 2019 after separating from VF Corporation, Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) is a clothing company known for its high-quality denim products.

Why Are We Wary of KTB?

  1. Products and services fail to spark excitement with consumers, as seen in its flat sales over the last two years
  2. Constant currency revenue growth has disappointed over the past two years and shows demand was soft
  3. Earnings growth over the last five years fell short of the peer group average as its EPS only increased by 9.4% annually

At $64.87 per share, Kontoor Brands trades at 13.3x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why KTB doesn’t pass our bar.

Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 2.7%

Sporting a roster of beachfront properties, Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ: PLYA) is an owner, operator, and developer of all-inclusive resorts in prime vacation destinations.

Why Is PLYA Not Exciting?

  1. Weak revenue per room over the past two years indicates challenges in maintaining pricing power and occupancy rates
  2. Projected sales growth of 7.6% for the next 12 months suggests sluggish demand
  3. Low returns on capital reflect management’s struggle to allocate funds effectively

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