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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 Cash-Heavy Stock with Exciting Potential and 2 We Find Risky

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Zillow (ZG)

Net Cash Position: $830 million (4.1% of Market Cap)

Founded by Expedia co-founders Lloyd Frink and Rich Barton, Zillow (NASDAQ: ZG) is the leading U.S. online real estate marketplace.

Why Should You Dump ZG?

  1. Annual revenue declines of 7.8% over the last five years indicate problems with its market positioning
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The Real Brokerage (REAX)

Net Cash Position: $54.77 million (5.8% of Market Cap)

Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2014, The Real Brokerage (NASDAQ: REAX) is a technology-driven real estate brokerage firm combining a tech-centric model with an agent-centric philosophy.

Why Is REAX Not Exciting?

  1. Poor expense management has led to operating margin losses
  2. Incremental sales over the last five years were less profitable as its earnings per share were flat while its revenue grew
  3. Poor free cash flow margin of 3.4% for the last two years limits its freedom to invest in growth initiatives, execute share buybacks, or pay dividends

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One Stock to Buy:

Blue Bird (BLBD)

Net Cash Position: $81.57 million (4.5% of Market Cap)

With around a century of experience, Blue Bird (NASDAQ: BLBD) is a manufacturer of school buses and complementary parts.

Why Are We Backing BLBD?

  1. Impressive 14.3% annual revenue growth over the last two years indicates it’s winning market share this cycle
  2. Additional sales over the last two years increased its profitability as the 317% annual growth in its earnings per share outpaced its revenue
  3. Rising returns on capital show management is finding more attractive investment opportunities

Blue Bird’s stock price of $57.30 implies a valuation ratio of 14.1x forward P/E. Is now the right time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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