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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 Value Stocks We Keep Off Our Radar

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The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer. However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.

This distinction between true value and value traps can challenge even the most skilled investors. Luckily for you, we started StockStory to help you uncover exceptional companies. That said, here are three value stocks climbing an uphill battle and some other investments you should look into instead.

Dole (DOLE)

Forward P/E Ratio: 10.5x

Known for its delicious pineapples and Hawaiian roots, Dole (NYSE: DOLE) is a global agricultural company specializing in fresh fruits and vegetables.

Why Are We Wary of DOLE?

  1. Sales stagnated over the last three years and signal the need for new growth strategies
  2. Easily substituted products (and therefore stiff competition) result in an inferior gross margin of 8.4% that must be offset through higher volumes
  3. Poor expense management has led to an operating margin of 2.8% that is below the industry average

Dole’s stock price of $14.57 implies a valuation ratio of 10.5x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why DOLE doesn’t pass our bar.

Quanex (NX)

Forward P/E Ratio: 7.9x

Starting in the seamless tube industry, Quanex (NYSE: NX) manufactures building products like window, door, kitchen, and bath cabinet components.

Why Does NX Fall Short?

  1. Earnings per share fell by 5.4% annually over the last two years while its revenue grew, showing its incremental sales were much less profitable
  2. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last five years as its free cash flow margin decreased by 9.9 percentage points
  3. Diminishing returns on capital suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

Quanex is trading at $21.37 per share, or 7.9x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including NX in your portfolio.

NCR Atleos (NATL)

Forward P/E Ratio: 9x

Spun off from NCR Voyix in 2023 to focus exclusively on self-service banking technology, NCR Atleos (NYSE: NATL) provides self-directed banking solutions including ATM and interactive teller machine technology, software, services, and a surcharge-free ATM network for financial institutions and retailers.

Why Do We Avoid NATL?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 1.8% over the last two years was below our standards for the financials sector
  2. Earnings per share fell by 11.8% annually over the last two years while its revenue grew, showing its incremental sales were much less profitable

At $39.84 per share, NCR Atleos trades at 9x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than NATL.

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