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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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1 Services Stock with Competitive Advantages and 2 Facing Challenges

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Business services providers play a critical role for enterprises, assisting them with everything from new hardware integrations to consulting and marketing. Market leaders have certainly capitalized on outsourcing trends and digital transformation initiatives to boost sales, helping fuel a 15.1% gain for the industry over the past six months. This performance has closely followed the S&P 500.

Regardless of these results, investors must exercise caution as many companies in this space are sensitive to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy. With that said, here is one resilient services stock at the top of our wish list and two best left ignored.

Two Business Services Stocks to Sell:

Getty Images (GETY)

Market Cap: $887.7 million

With a vast library of over 562 million visual assets documenting everything from breaking news to iconic historical moments, Getty Images (NYSE: GETY) is a global visual content marketplace that licenses photos, videos, illustrations, and music to businesses, media outlets, and creative professionals.

Why Should You Sell GETY?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last two years as its 1.3% annual growth was below the typical business services company
  2. Efficiency has decreased over the last five years as its adjusted operating margin fell by 3.9 percentage points
  3. Free cash flow margin dropped by 12.1 percentage points over the last five years, implying the company became more capital intensive as competition picked up

Getty Images’s stock price of $2.14 implies a valuation ratio of 3x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why GETY doesn’t pass our bar.

HNI (HNI)

Market Cap: $2.09 billion

With roots dating back to 1944 and a significant acquisition of Kimball International in 2023, HNI (NYSE: HNI) manufactures and sells office furniture systems, seating, and storage solutions, as well as residential fireplaces and heating products.

Why Are We Wary of HNI?

  1. 4.9% annual revenue growth over the last five years was slower than its business services peers
  2. Estimated sales growth of 3.4% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its two-year trend
  3. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last five years as its free cash flow margin decreased by 2.2 percentage points

At $45.55 per share, HNI trades at 12.3x forward P/E. If you’re considering HNI for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

One Business Services Stock to Watch:

Verisk (VRSK)

Market Cap: $34.12 billion

Processing over 2.8 billion insurance transaction records annually through one of the world's largest private databases, Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK) provides data, analytics, and technology solutions that help insurance companies assess risk, detect fraud, and make better business decisions.

Why Is VRSK on Our Radar?

  1. Average constant currency growth of 7.4% over the past two years demonstrates its ability to grow internationally despite currency fluctuations
  2. Impressive free cash flow profitability enables the company to fund new investments or reward investors with share buybacks/dividends, and its rising cash conversion increases its margin of safety
  3. Rising returns on capital show management is finding more attractive investment opportunities

Verisk is trading at $244.09 per share, or 32.9x forward P/E. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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