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 Profitable Stocks Walking a Fine Line

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While profitability is essential, it doesn’t guarantee long-term success. Some companies that rest on their margins will lose ground as competition intensifies - as Jeff Bezos said, "Your margin is my opportunity".

Profits are valuable, but they’re not everything. At StockStory, we help you identify the companies that have real staying power. Keeping that in mind, here are three profitable companies to avoid and some better opportunities instead.

Palo Alto Networks (PANW)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 11.1%

Founded in 2005 by cybersecurity engineer Nir Zuk, Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) makes hardware and software cybersecurity products that protect companies from cyberattacks, breaches, and malware threats.

Why Does PANW Worry Us?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 19.7% over the last three years was below our standards for the software sector
  2. Offerings struggled to generate meaningful interest as its average billings growth of 3% over the last year did not impress

Palo Alto Networks’s stock price of $201.40 implies a valuation ratio of 14.1x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why PANW doesn’t pass our bar.

Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 3.9%

Covering 1.6 billion loaded miles in 2023 alone, Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX) offers less-than-truckload and full truckload delivery services.

Why Should You Sell KNX?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 1.2% over the last two years was below our standards for the industrials sector
  2. Free cash flow margin dropped by 9.5 percentage points over the last five years, implying the company became more capital intensive as competition picked up
  3. Diminishing returns on capital from an already low starting point show that neither management’s prior nor current bets are going as planned

At $47.39 per share, Knight-Swift Transportation trades at 24.2x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than KNX.

Labcorp (LH)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 8.3%

With over 600 million tests performed annually and involvement in 90% of FDA-approved drugs in 2023, Labcorp (NYSE: LH) provides laboratory testing services and drug development solutions to doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and patients worldwide.

Why Are We Cautious About LH?

  1. Core business is underperforming as its organic revenue has disappointed over the past two years, suggesting it might need acquisitions to stimulate growth
  2. Efficiency has decreased over the last five years as its adjusted operating margin fell by 13.3 percentage points
  3. Waning returns on capital imply its previous profit engines are losing steam

Labcorp is trading at $261.89 per share, or 15.9x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with LH, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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The market surged in 2024 and reached record highs after Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November, but questions about new economic policies are adding much uncertainty for 2025.

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