About Cabling Installation & Maintenance

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-Heavy Stocks That Concern Us

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A cash-heavy balance sheet is often a sign of strength, but not always. Some companies avoid debt because they have weak business models, limited expansion opportunities, or inconsistent cash flow.

Financial flexibility is valuable, but it’s not everything - at StockStory, we help you find the stocks that can not only survive but also outperform. Keeping that in mind, here are three companies with net cash positions to avoid and some better alternatives instead.

F5 (FFIV)

Net Cash Position: $1.02 billion (5.9% of Market Cap)

Initially started as a hardware appliances company in the late 1990s, F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) makes software that helps large enterprises ensure their web applications are always available by distributing network traffic and protecting them from cyberattacks.

Why Are We Wary of FFIV?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 3.5% over the last three years was well below our standards for the software sector
  2. ARR has dropped by 8.3% over the last year, suggesting it lost long-term deals and renewals
  3. Estimated sales growth of 4% for the next 12 months is soft and implies weaker demand

F5 is trading at $300 per share, or 5.8x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why FFIV doesn’t pass our bar.

Grid Dynamics (GDYN)

Net Cash Position: $314 million (35% of Market Cap)

With engineering centers across the Americas, Europe, and India serving Fortune 1000 companies, Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ: GDYN) provides technology consulting, engineering, and analytics services to help large enterprises modernize their technology systems and business processes.

Why Does GDYN Fall Short?

  1. Modest revenue base of $371.2 million gives it less fixed cost leverage and fewer distribution channels than larger companies
  2. Incremental sales over the last two years were much less profitable as its earnings per share fell by 8.5% annually while its revenue grew
  3. Push for growth has led to negative returns on capital, signaling value destruction

Grid Dynamics’s stock price of $10.80 implies a valuation ratio of 26.9x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than GDYN.

ScanSource (SCSC)

Net Cash Position: $4.34 million (0.5% of Market Cap)

Operating as a crucial link in the technology supply chain since 1992, ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC) is a hybrid distributor that connects hardware, software, and cloud services from technology suppliers to resellers and business customers.

Why Is SCSC Risky?

  1. Sales tumbled by 1.5% annually over the last five years, showing market trends are working against its favor during this cycle
  2. Earnings per share have contracted by 8.5% annually over the last two years, a headwind for returns as stock prices often echo long-term EPS performance
  3. Low returns on capital reflect management’s struggle to allocate funds effectively

At $40.41 per share, ScanSource trades at 10.9x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including SCSC in your portfolio.

High-Quality Stocks for All Market Conditions

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