About Cabling Installation & Maintenance

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 Profitable Stocks with Warning Signs

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Thermon (THR)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 15.8%

Creating the first packaged tracing systems, Thermon (NYSE: THR) is a leading provider of engineered industrial process heating solutions for process industries.

Why Does THR Fall Short?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 4.3% over the last two years was below our standards for the industrials sector
  2. Demand will likely be soft over the next 12 months as Wall Street’s estimates imply tepid growth of 3.2%
  3. Earnings growth over the last two years fell short of the peer group average as its EPS only increased by 4.3% annually

Thermon is trading at $27.25 per share, or 10.6x forward EV-to-EBITDA. To fully understand why you should be careful with THR, check out our full research report (it’s free).

Bread Financial (BFH)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 10.1%

Formerly known as Alliance Data Systems until its 2022 rebranding, Bread Financial (NYSE: BFH) provides credit cards, installment loans, and savings products to consumers while powering branded payment solutions for retailers and merchants.

Why Do We Pass on BFH?

  1. Sales tumbled by 5.4% annually over the last two years, showing market trends are working against its favor during this cycle
  2. Incremental sales over the last five years were much less profitable as its earnings per share fell by 6.8% annually while its revenue grew

At $60.71 per share, Bread Financial trades at 7.9x forward P/E. If you’re considering BFH for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

New Mountain Finance (NMFC)

Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 39.1%

Operating as a financial bridge for growing businesses that might be overlooked by traditional banks, New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ: NMFC) is a business development company that provides loans and debt financing to middle-market companies in defensive growth industries.

Why Should You Dump NMFC?

  1. 2.3% annual revenue growth over the last two years was slower than its financials peers
  2. Earnings per share were flat over the last five years while its revenue grew, showing its incremental sales were less profitable

New Mountain Finance’s stock price of $9.80 implies a valuation ratio of 7.6x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including NMFC in your portfolio.

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