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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 Industrials Stock to Consider Right Now and 2 We Question

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Whether you see them or not, industrials businesses play a crucial part in our daily activities. Their momentum is also rising as lower interest rates have incentivized higher capital spending. As a result, the industry has posted a 25.5% gain over the past six months, beating the S&P 500 by 7.8 percentage points.

Nevertheless, investors must be mindful as the cycle can unexpectedly turn. When this inevitably happens, only the elite companies will survive and ultimately thrive. On that note, here is one resilient industrials stock at the top of our wish list and two we’re steering clear of.

Two Industrials Stocks to Sell:

Acuity Brands (AYI)

Market Cap: $10.3 billion

One of the pioneers of smart lights, Acuity (NYSE: AYI) designs and manufactures light fixtures and building management systems used in various industries.

Why Does AYI Fall Short?

  1. Muted 1.4% annual revenue growth over the last two years shows its demand lagged behind its industrials peers
  2. 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

At $339.40 per share, Acuity Brands trades at 18.2x forward P/E. If you’re considering AYI for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Crane (CR)

Market Cap: $10.73 billion

Based in Connecticut, Crane (NYSE: CR) is a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products, including fluid handling, and aerospace technologies.

Why Do We Steer Clear of CR?

  1. Customers postponed purchases of its products and services this cycle as its revenue declined by 6.1% annually over the last five years
  2. Core business is underperforming as its organic revenue has disappointed over the past two years, suggesting it might need acquisitions to stimulate growth
  3. Issuance of new shares over the last two years caused its earnings per share to fall by 6.7% annually while its revenue grew

Crane’s stock price of $187 implies a valuation ratio of 31.7x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why CR doesn’t pass our bar.

One Industrials Stock to Watch:

Allison Transmission (ALSN)

Market Cap: $7.57 billion

Helping build race cars at one point, Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN) offers transmissions to original equipment manufacturers and fleet operators.

Why Are We Fans of ALSN?

  1. Offerings are difficult to replicate at scale and lead to a best-in-class gross margin of 47.9%
  2. Disciplined cost controls and effective management resulted in a strong long-term operating margin of 29.3%, and its profits increased over the last five years as it scaled
  3. Strong free cash flow margin of 20.2% enables it to reinvest or return capital consistently

Allison Transmission is trading at $90 per share, or 13.2x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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