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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 Large-Cap Stock to Own for Decades and 2 We Question

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Large-cap stocks have the power to shape entire industries thanks to their size and widespread influence. With such vast footprints, however, finding new areas for growth is much harder than for smaller, more agile players.

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Two Large-Cap Stocks to Sell:

Fastenal (FAST)

Market Cap: $52.07 billion

Founded in 1967, Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST) provides industrial and construction supplies, including fasteners, tools, safety products, and many other product categories to businesses globally.

Why Does FAST Worry Us?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 3.6% over the last two years was below our standards for the industrials sector
  2. Earnings growth over the last two years fell short of the peer group average as its EPS only increased by 2.8% annually
  3. Free cash flow margin shrank by 4.8 percentage points over the last five years, suggesting the company is consuming more capital to stay competitive

Fastenal’s stock price of $45.38 implies a valuation ratio of 42.2x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why FAST doesn’t pass our bar.

Northrop Grumman (NOC)

Market Cap: $84.44 billion

Responsible for the development of the first stealth bomber, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) specializes in providing aerospace, defense, and security solutions for various industry applications.

Why Do We Pass on NOC?

  1. Organic sales performance over the past two years indicates the company may need to make strategic adjustments or rely on M&A to catalyze faster growth
  2. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last five years, causing its operating margin to decline by 5.6 percentage points
  3. Diminishing returns on capital suggest its earlier profit pools are drying up

At $591.79 per share, Northrop Grumman trades at 20.8x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with NOC, check out our full research report (it’s free).

One Large-Cap Stock to Buy:

Cloudflare (NET)

Market Cap: $72.76 billion

Founded by two grad students of Harvard Business School, Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) is a software-as-a-service platform that helps improve the security, reliability, and loading times of internet applications.

Why Is NET a Top Pick?

  1. Billings growth has averaged 30.3% over the last year, indicating a healthy pipeline of new contracts that should drive future revenue increases
  2. Notable projected revenue growth of 26.3% for the next 12 months hints at market share gains
  3. Fast payback periods on sales and marketing expenses allow the company to invest heavily and onboard many customers concurrently

Cloudflare is trading at $209.17 per share, or 30.5x forward price-to-sales. Is now the time to initiate a position? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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