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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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3 Profitable Stocks We’re Skeptical Of

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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 that don’t make the cut and some better opportunities instead.

Manhattan Associates (MANH)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 25.8%

Built on a "versionless" cloud architecture that delivers quarterly updates to all customers, Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH) develops cloud-based software that helps retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers manage their supply chains, inventory, and omnichannel operations.

Why Do We Think Twice About MANH?

  1. Products, pricing, or go-to-market strategy may need some adjustments as its 5.7% average billings growth over the last year was weak
  2. Estimated sales growth of 4.1% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Sky-high servicing costs result in an inferior gross margin of 56.3% that must be offset through increased usage

Manhattan Associates’s stock price of $214.64 implies a valuation ratio of 11.9x forward price-to-sales. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than MANH.

Starbucks (SBUX)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 10.8%

Started by three friends in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a globally-renowned coffeehouse chain that offers a wide selection of high-quality coffee, beverages, and food items.

Why Does SBUX Worry Us?

  1. Disappointing same-store sales over the past two years show customers aren’t responding well to its menu offerings and dining experience
  2. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last year, causing its operating margin to decline by 5.1 percentage points
  3. Earnings per share fell by 2.2% annually over the last six years while its revenue grew, showing its incremental sales were much less profitable

At $86.76 per share, Starbucks trades at 32x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including SBUX in your portfolio.

Valmont (VMI)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 9.9%

Credited with an invention in the 1950s that improved crop yields, Valmont (NYSE: VMI) provides engineered products and infrastructure services for the agricultural industry.

Why Does VMI Fall Short?

  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. Anticipated sales growth of 2.9% for the next year implies demand will be shaky
  3. Earnings growth over the last two years fell short of the peer group average as its EPS only increased by 6.8% annually

Valmont is trading at $376.19 per share, or 23.2x forward EV-to-EBITDA. If you’re considering VMI for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

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