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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 Consumer Stock with Promising Prospects and 2 We Find Risky

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Consumer staples stocks are solid insurance policies in frothy markets ripe for corrections. The flip side is that they frequently fall behind growth industries when times are good, and this perception became a reality over the past six months as the sector was down 2.2% while the S&P 500 was up 16.5%.

The elite companies can churn out earnings growth under any circumstance, however, and our mission at StockStory is to help you find them. With that said, here is one resilient consumer stock we’ve added to our cart and two best left ignored.

Two Consumer Staples Stocks to Sell:

PepsiCo (PEP)

Market Cap: $192.5 billion

With a history that goes back more than a century, PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is a household name in food and beverages today and best known for its flagship soda.

Why Do We Think Twice About PEP?

  1. Declining unit sales over the past two years suggest it might have to lower prices to stimulate growth
  2. Demand will likely be soft over the next 12 months as Wall Street’s estimates imply tepid growth of 3.2%
  3. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last year, causing its operating margin to decline by 2.1 percentage points

PepsiCo is trading at $140.80 per share, or 17.4x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why PEP doesn’t pass our bar.

Tilray (TLRY)

Market Cap: $1.32 billion

Founded in 2013, Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY) engages in cannabis research, cultivation, and distribution, offering a range of medical and recreational cannabis products, hemp-based foods, and alcoholic beverages.

Why Do We Steer Clear of TLRY?

  1. Expenses have increased as a percentage of revenue over the last year as its operating margin fell by 255.8 percentage points
  2. Earnings per share fell by 32.4% annually over the last three years while its revenue grew, showing its incremental sales were much less profitable
  3. 8.1 percentage point decline in its free cash flow margin over the last year reflects the company’s increased investments to defend its market position

At $1.19 per share, Tilray trades at 16.5x forward EV-to-EBITDA. To fully understand why you should be careful with TLRY, check out our full research report (it’s free).

One Consumer Staples Stock to Watch:

WD-40 (WDFC)

Market Cap: $2.79 billion

Short for “Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try”, WD-40 (NASDAQ: WDFC) is a renowned American consumer goods company known for its iconic and versatile spray, WD-40 Multi-Use Product.

Why Should WDFC Be on Your Watchlist?

  1. Differentiated product offerings are difficult to replicate at scale and result in a premier gross margin of 53.8%
  2. Impressive free cash flow profitability enables the company to fund new investments or reward investors with share buybacks/dividends
  3. Stellar returns on capital showcase management’s ability to surface highly profitable business ventures

WD-40’s stock price of $206.42 implies a valuation ratio of 34.7x forward P/E. Is now the time to initiate a position? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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