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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 Low-Volatility Stocks That Fall Short

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Low-volatility stocks may offer stability, but that often comes at the cost of slower growth and the upside potential of more dynamic companies.

Choosing the wrong investments can cause you to fall behind, which is why we started StockStory - to separate the winners from the losers. Keeping that in mind, here are three low-volatility stocks to steer clear of and a few better alternatives.

Marqeta (MQ)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.30

Powering the cards behind innovative fintech services like Block's Cash App, Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) provides a cloud-based platform that allows businesses to create customized payment card programs and process card transactions.

Why Are We Wary of MQ?

  1. Products and services have few die-hard fans as sales have declined by 4.7% annually over the last three years
  2. Overall productivity fell over the last year as its plummeting sales were accompanied by a decline in its operating margin
  3. Low free cash flow margin of 9.6% for the last year gives it little breathing room, constraining its ability to self-fund growth or return capital to shareholders

Marqeta is trading at $6.45 per share, or 4.5x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering MQ for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Caleres (CAL)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.85

The owner of Dr. Scholl's, Caleres (NYSE: CAL) is a footwear company offering a range of styles.

Why Do We Think CAL Will Underperform?

  1. Annual revenue declines of 3.8% over the last two years indicate problems with its market positioning
  2. Projected sales for the next 12 months are flat and suggest demand will be subdued
  3. Eroding returns on capital from an already low base indicate that management’s recent investments are destroying value

Caleres’s stock price of $15 implies a valuation ratio of 4.9x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than CAL.

Charter (CHTR)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 0.79

Operating as Spectrum, Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading telecommunications company offering cable television, high-speed internet, and voice services across the United States.

Why Are We Hesitant About CHTR?

  1. Sluggish trends in its internet subscribers suggest customers aren’t adopting its solutions as quickly as the company hoped
  2. Demand will likely be weak over the next 12 months as Wall Street expects flat revenue
  3. Low returns on capital reflect management’s struggle to allocate funds effectively

At $265 per share, Charter trades at 6.4x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with CHTR, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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