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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 Internet Stocks with Questionable Fundamentals

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Whether it be online shopping or social media, secular forces are propelling consumer internet businesses forward. Luckily for them, the market seems to believe there is a long runway for growth as the industry has recorded a 29.6% gain over the past six months, beating the S&P 500 by 13.7 percentage points.

Nevertheless, investors should tread carefully as many internet companies pursue winner-take-all strategies, meaning losses can be hefty if their playbooks don’t pan out. On that note, here are three internet stocks we’re steering clear of.

eBay (EBAY)

Market Cap: $41.5 billion

Originally known as the first online auction site, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces.

Why Does EBAY Give Us Pause?

  1. Increasing competition is redirecting attention to other platforms as it failed to grow its active buyers over the last two years
  2. Underwhelming performance in both user spending and platform engagement suggests its platform is becoming less effective
  3. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last few years, causing its EBITDA margin to decline by 4.3 percentage points

At $90.80 per share, eBay trades at 12.7x forward EV/EBITDA. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why EBAY doesn’t pass our bar.

Electronic Arts (EA)

Market Cap: $43.13 billion

Best known for its Madden NFL and FIFA sports franchises, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is one of the world’s largest video game publishers.

Why Do We Think Twice About EA?

  1. Lackluster 1.2% annual revenue growth over the last three years indicates the company is losing ground to competitors
  2. Anticipated sales growth of 2.2% for the next year implies demand will be shaky
  3. Day-to-day expenses have swelled relative to revenue over the last few years as its EBITDA margin fell by 6.1 percentage points

Electronic Arts is trading at $172 per share, or 14.4x forward EV/EBITDA. To fully understand why you should be careful with EA, check out our full research report (it’s free).

Nextdoor (KIND)

Market Cap: $805.5 million

Helping residents figure out what's happening on their block in real time, Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND) is a social network that connects neighbors with each other and with local businesses.

Why Are We Wary of KIND?

  1. Modest 6.5% annual growth in weekly active users over the last two years indicates potential challenges in customer acquisition and retention
  2. Poor expense management has led to EBITDA margin losses
  3. Cash burn makes us question whether it can achieve sustainable long-term growth

Nextdoor’s stock price of $1.89 implies a valuation ratio of 3.2x forward price-to-gross profit. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including KIND in your portfolio.

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