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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SoundHound AI (SOUN)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 2.92

Founded in 2005, SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) develops independent voice artificial intelligence solutions that enable businesses across various industries to offer customized conversational experiences to consumers.

Why Do We Think Twice About SOUN?

  1. Sky-high servicing costs result in an inferior gross margin of 40.5% that must be offset through increased usage
  2. Operating margin declined by 43.6 percentage points over the last year as it scaled
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Triumph Financial (TFIN)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 1.31

Originally focused on traditional banking before pivoting to serve the transportation sector, Triumph Financial (NASDAQ: TFIN) provides specialized financial services to the trucking industry, including payments processing, factoring, banking, and data intelligence solutions.

Why Are We Hesitant About TFIN?

  1. Muted 6.4% annual net interest income growth over the last five years shows its demand lagged behind its banking peers
  2. Net interest margin dropped by 121 basis points (100 basis points = 1 percentage point) over the last two years, implying the firm’s loan book profitability fell as competitors entered the market
  3. Performance over the past five years shows its incremental sales were much less profitable, as its earnings per share fell by 19.4% annually

At $52.56 per share, Triumph Financial trades at 1.4x forward P/B. If you’re considering TFIN for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Banc of California (BANC)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 1.06

Originally established in 1941 and now operating with a tech-forward approach that includes its SmartStreet platform for homeowner associations, Banc of California (NYSE: BANC) is a California-based bank holding company that provides banking services to small and middle-market businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals.

Why Are We Cautious About BANC?

  1. Net interest income tumbled by 1.3% annually over the last five years, showing market trends are working against its favor during this cycle
  2. Annual tangible book value per share declines of 3.9% for the past five years show its capital management struggled during this cycle
  3. Negative return on equity shows management lost money while trying to expand the business

Banc of California is trading at $14.82 per share, or 0.7x forward P/B. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than BANC.

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