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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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3 Large-Cap Stocks That Fall Short

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Large-cap stocks have the power to shape entire industries thanks to their size and widespread influence. With such vast footprints, however, finding new areas for growth is much harder than for smaller, more agile players.

This is precisely where StockStory comes in - our job is to find you high-quality companies that can win regardless of the conditions. Keeping that in mind, here are three large-cap stocks that may face near-term headwinds and some other investments you should consider instead.

Western Digital (WDC)

Market Cap: $39 billion

Founded in 1970 by a Motorola employee, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) is a leading producer of hard disk drives, SSDs and flash memory.

Why Do We Think WDC Will Underperform?

  1. Annual sales declines of 10.7% for the past five years show its products and services struggled to connect with the market during this cycle
  2. Negative 7.7% gross margin means it loses money on every sale and must pivot or scale quickly to survive
  3. Lacking free cash flow generation means it has few chances to reinvest for growth, repurchase shares, or distribute capital

At $113.40 per share, Western Digital trades at 20x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why WDC doesn’t pass our bar.

Starbucks (SBUX)

Market Cap: $96.95 billion

Started by three friends in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a globally-renowned coffeehouse chain that offers a wide selection of high-quality coffee, beverages, and food items.

Why Do We Think Twice About SBUX?

  1. Poor same-store sales performance over the past two years indicates it’s having trouble bringing new diners into its restaurants
  2. Costs have risen faster than its revenue over the last year, causing its operating margin to decline by 5.1 percentage points
  3. Performance over the past six years shows its incremental sales were much less profitable, as its earnings per share fell by 2.2% annually

Starbucks is trading at $85.36 per share, or 31.5x forward P/E. If you’re considering SBUX for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

BD (BDX)

Market Cap: $53.47 billion

With a history dating back to 1897 and a presence in virtually every hospital around the globe, Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) develops and manufactures medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products used by healthcare institutions and professionals worldwide.

Why Does BDX Give Us Pause?

  1. Large revenue base makes it harder to increase sales quickly, and its annual revenue growth of 5.5% over the last five years was below our standards for the healthcare sector
  2. Free cash flow margin shrank by 10.1 percentage points over the last five years, suggesting the company is consuming more capital to stay competitive
  3. Underwhelming 4.5% return on capital reflects management’s difficulties in finding profitable growth opportunities

BD’s stock price of $186.55 implies a valuation ratio of 12.9x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why BDX doesn’t pass our bar.

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