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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 Russell 2000 Stocks We’re Skeptical Of

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Small-cap stocks in the Russell 2000 (^RUT) can be a goldmine for investors looking beyond the usual large-cap names. But with less stability and fewer resources than their bigger counterparts, these companies face steeper challenges in scaling their businesses.

Navigating this part of the market can be tricky, which is why we built StockStory to help you separate the winners from the laggards. Keeping that in mind, here are three Russell 2000 stocks to steer clear of and some alternatives to watch instead.

Penguin Solutions (PENG)

Market Cap: $1.22 billion

Based in the US, Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ: PENG) is a diversified semiconductor company offering memory, digital, and LED products.

Why Should You Sell PENG?

  1. Products and services are facing significant end-market challenges during this cycle as sales have declined by 5% annually over the last two years
  2. Subpar operating margin of 2.5% constrains its ability to invest in process improvements or effectively respond to new competitive threats
  3. Below-average returns on capital indicate management struggled to find compelling investment opportunities, and its shrinking returns suggest its past profit sources are losing steam

Penguin Solutions is trading at $23 per share, or 13.7x forward P/E. If you’re considering PENG for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

LSI (LYTS)

Market Cap: $531.6 million

Enhancing commercial environments, LSI (NASDAQ: LYTS) provides lighting and display solutions for businesses and retailers.

Why Do We Think Twice About LYTS?

  1. 4.5% annual revenue growth over the last two years was slower than its industrials peers
  2. Performance over the past two years was negatively impacted by new share issuances as its earnings per share grew slower than its revenue
  3. Free cash flow margin dropped by 5.9 percentage points over the last five years, implying the company became more capital intensive as competition picked up

LSI’s stock price of $18.35 implies a valuation ratio of 15.3x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than LYTS.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT)

Market Cap: $1.04 billion

Operating as a real estate investment trust since 2009 to maintain tax advantages, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) is a specialty finance company that invests in mortgage-related assets and operates a correspondent lending business.

Why Does PMT Worry Us?

  1. Net interest income trends were unexciting over the last five years as its 3.5% annual growth was below the typical bank company
  2. Projected net interest income decline of 145% for the next 12 months points to a tough demand environment ahead
  3. Products and services are facing significant credit quality challenges during this cycle as tangible book value per share has declined by 4.8% annually over the last five years

At $12.01 per share, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust trades at 0.8x forward P/B. To fully understand why you should be careful with PMT, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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