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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.

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2 Cash-Heavy Stocks to Consider Right Now and 1 We Brush Off

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A cash-heavy balance sheet is often a sign of strength, but not always. Some companies avoid debt because they have weak business models, limited expansion opportunities, or inconsistent cash flow.

Just because a business has cash doesn’t mean it’s a good investment. Luckily, StockStory is here to help you separate the winners from the losers. Keeping that in mind, here are two companies with net cash positions that balance growth with stability and one that may struggle.

One Stock to Sell:

Alarm.com (ALRM)

Net Cash Position: $460 million (16.3% of Market Cap)

Processing over 325 billion data points annually from more than 150 million connected devices, Alarm.com (NASDAQ: ALRM) provides cloud-based platforms that enable residential and commercial property owners to remotely monitor and control their security, video, energy, and other connected devices.

Why Is ALRM Not Exciting?

  1. Offerings struggled to generate meaningful interest as its average billings growth of 7.4% over the last year did not impress
  2. Estimated sales growth of 3.7% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Gross margin of 65.8% reflects its relatively high servicing costs

Alarm.com’s stock price of $56.56 implies a valuation ratio of 3.4x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why ALRM doesn’t pass our bar.

Two Stocks to Watch:

LegalZoom (LZ)

Net Cash Position: $202.6 million (10.7% of Market Cap)

Founded by famous lawyer Robert Shapiro, LegalZoom (NASDAQ: LZ) offers online legal services and documentation assistance for individuals and businesses.

Why Does LZ Stand Out?

  1. Subscription Units have increased by an average of 11.7% annually, giving it the potential for margin-accretive growth if it can develop valuable complementary products and features
  2. Share buybacks catapulted its annual earnings per share growth to 177%, which outperformed its revenue gains over the last three years
  3. Free cash flow margin grew by 14.9 percentage points over the last few years, giving the company more chips to play with

LegalZoom is trading at $10.50 per share, or 10.7x forward EV/EBITDA. Is now a good time to buy? See for yourself in our in-depth research report, it’s free.

Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)

Net Cash Position: $660.3 million (13% of Market Cap)

Tracing its roots back to 1971 and expanding significantly through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions, Ameris Bancorp (NYSE: ABCB) is a financial holding company that provides a full range of banking services to retail and commercial customers across select markets in the southeastern United States.

Why Do We Like ABCB?

  1. Incremental sales significantly boosted profitability as its annual earnings per share growth of 15% over the last two years outstripped its revenue performance
  2. Impressive 14.6% annual tangible book value per share growth over the last five years indicates it’s building equity value this cycle
  3. Industry-leading 11.3% return on equity demonstrates management’s skill in finding high-return investments

At $74.63 per share, Ameris Bancorp trades at 1.3x forward P/B. Is now the right time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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