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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.

Cabling Installation & Maintenance is published by Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

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1 Mooning Stock Worth Investigating and 2 Facing Challenges

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The stocks featured in this article have all approached their 52-week highs. When these price levels hit, it typically signals strong business execution, positive market sentiment, or significant industry tailwinds.

But not every company with momentum is a long-term winner, and plenty of investors have lost money betting on short-term fads. Keeping that in mind, here is one stock with the fundamentals to back up its performance and two best left ignored.

Two Stocks to Sell:

Labcorp (LH)

One-Month Return: +7.8%

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 Wary of LH?

  1. Organic revenue growth fell short of our benchmarks over the past two years and implies it may need to improve its products, pricing, or go-to-market strategy
  2. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last five years, causing its adjusted operating margin to decline by 14.3 percentage points
  3. Shrinking returns on capital suggest that increasing competition is eating into the company’s profitability

Labcorp’s stock price of $269.31 implies a valuation ratio of 16x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why LH doesn’t pass our bar.

Allstate (ALL)

One-Month Return: +5.4%

Born from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. initiative during the Great Depression with its famous "You're in good hands" slogan, Allstate (NYSE: ALL) is one of America's largest personal property and casualty insurers, offering protection for autos, homes, and personal property.

Why Are We Cautious About ALL?

  1. Operational productivity has decreased over the last four years as its combined ratio worsened by 4.8 percentage points
  2. Book value per share was flat over the last five years, indicating it’s failed to build equity value this cycle
  3. Underwhelming 11.6% return on equity reflects management’s difficulties in finding profitable growth opportunities

At $206.70 per share, Allstate trades at 2.4x forward P/B. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including ALL in your portfolio.

One Stock to Watch:

AZZ (AZZ)

One-Month Return: +6.4%

Responsible for projects like nuclear facilities, AZZ (NYSE: AZZ) is a provider of metal coating and power infrastructure solutions.

Why Do We Like AZZ?

  1. Healthy operating margin of 14.7% shows it’s a well-run company with efficient processes, and its operating leverage amplified its profits over the last five years
  2. Additional sales over the last two years increased its profitability as the 24.5% annual growth in its earnings per share outpaced its revenue
  3. Free cash flow margin grew by 13.5 percentage points over the last five years, giving the company more chips to play with

AZZ is trading at $113.57 per share, or 18.7x forward P/E. Is now a good time to buy? See for yourself in our comprehensive research report, it’s free.

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