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 Russell 2000 Stocks We Think Twice About

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The Russell 2000 (^RUT) is home to many small-cap stocks, offering investors the chance to uncover hidden gems before the broader market catches on. However, these companies often come with higher volatility and risk, as their smaller size makes them more vulnerable to economic downturns.

Picking the right small caps isn’t easy, and that’s exactly why StockStory exists - to help you focus on the best opportunities. Keeping that in mind, here are three Russell 2000 stocks that don’t make the cut and some better choices instead.

Vicor (VICR)

Market Cap: $2.37 billion

Founded by a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vicor (NASDAQ: VICR) provides electrical power conversion and delivery products for a range of industries.

Why Does VICR Fall Short?

  1. New orders were hard to come by as its backlog was flat over the past two years
  2. Efficiency has decreased over the last five years as its operating margin fell by 10.9 percentage points
  3. Waning returns on capital imply its previous profit engines are losing steam

Vicor is trading at $52.80 per share, or 42.2x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why VICR doesn’t pass our bar.

ArcBest (ARCB)

Market Cap: $1.58 billion

Historically owning furniture, banking, and other subsidiaries, ArcBest (NASDAQ: ARCB) offers full-truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal deliveries of freight.

Why Should You Dump ARCB?

  1. Flat unit sales over the past two years show it’s struggled to increase its sales volumes and had to rely on price increases
  2. Performance over the past two years shows each sale was less profitable as its earnings per share dropped by 28.1% annually, worse than its revenue
  3. Shrinking returns on capital suggest that increasing competition is eating into the company’s profitability

At $69.38 per share, ArcBest trades at 11.2x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than ARCB.

Home Bancshares (HOMB)

Market Cap: $5.63 billion

Founded in Conway, Arkansas in 1998 and growing through strategic acquisitions across the Southeast, Home Bancshares (NYSE: HOMB) operates as the bank holding company for Centennial Bank, providing commercial and retail banking services to businesses and individuals across multiple states.

Why Does HOMB Give Us Pause?

  1. Products and services are facing end-market challenges during this cycle, as seen in its flat sales over the last two years
  2. Estimated net interest income growth of 2.3% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its five-year trend
  3. Efficiency ratio is forecasted to remain flat over the next year, suggesting its fixed cost leverage is currently maxed out

Home Bancshares’s stock price of $28.31 implies a valuation ratio of 1.3x forward P/B. If you’re considering HOMB for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

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