About Cabling Installation & Maintenance

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 Small-Cap Stocks Walking a Fine Line

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Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.

Luckily for you, our mission at StockStory is to help you make money and avoid losses by sorting the winners from the losers. Keeping that in mind, here are three small-cap stocks to avoid and some other investments you should consider instead.

America's Car-Mart (CRMT)

Market Cap: $361.6 million

With a strong presence in the Southern and Central US, America’s Car-Mart (NASDAQ: CRMT) sells used cars to budget-conscious consumers.

Why Are We Out on CRMT?

  1. Lagging same-store sales over the past two years suggest it might have to change its pricing and marketing strategy to stimulate demand
  2. Gross margin of 21.1% is below its competitors, leaving less money for marketing and promotions
  3. Limited cash reserves may force the company to seek unfavorable financing terms that could dilute shareholders

America's Car-Mart is trading at $43.76 per share, or 11.2x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why CRMT doesn’t pass our bar.

Strategic Education (STRA)

Market Cap: $1.77 billion

Formed through the merger of Strayer Education and Capella Education in 2018, Strategic Education (NASDAQ: STRA) is a career-focused higher education provider.

Why Do We Think STRA Will Underperform?

  1. Demand for its offerings was relatively low as its number of domestic students has underwhelmed
  2. Earnings per share fell by 7.1% annually over the last five years while its revenue grew, showing its incremental sales were much less profitable
  3. ROIC of 3.7% reflects management’s challenges in identifying attractive investment opportunities

At $74.84 per share, Strategic Education trades at 12.3x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with STRA, check out our full research report (it’s free).

Dave & Buster's (PLAY)

Market Cap: $915.2 million

Founded by a former game parlor and bar operator, Dave & Buster’s (NASDAQ: PLAY) operates a chain of arcades providing immersive entertainment experiences.

Why Does PLAY Worry Us?

  1. Disappointing same-store sales over the past two years show customers aren’t responding well to its product selection and in-store experience
  2. Cash-burning history makes us doubt the long-term viability of its business model
  3. Short cash runway increases the probability of a capital raise that dilutes existing shareholders

Dave & Buster’s stock price of $26.70 implies a valuation ratio of 12.4x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than PLAY.

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