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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 Russell 2000 Stocks We’re Skeptical Of

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The Russell 2000 (^RUT) is packed with potential breakout stocks, thanks to its focus on smaller companies with high growth potential. However, smaller size also means these businesses often lack the resilience and financial flexibility of large-cap firms, making careful selection crucial.

The high-risk, high-reward nature of the Russell 2000 makes stock selection critical, and we’re here to guide you toward the right ones. That said, here are three Russell 2000 stocks that don’t make the cut and some better choices instead.

Yext (YEXT)

Market Cap: $1.07 billion

Built to solve the problem of inconsistent business information scattered across the internet, Yext (NYSE: YEXT) provides a digital presence platform that helps businesses manage their information across websites, maps, apps, and search engines.

Why Should You Sell YEXT?

  1. ARR growth averaged a weak 9.1% over the last year, suggesting that competition is pulling some attention away from its software
  2. Extended payback periods on sales investments suggest the company’s platform isn’t resonating enough to drive efficient sales conversions
  3. Day-to-day expenses have swelled relative to revenue over the last year as its operating margin fell by 3.4 percentage points

Yext is trading at $8.65 per share, or 2.5x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why YEXT doesn’t pass our bar.

nLIGHT (LASR)

Market Cap: $1.40 billion

Founded by a former CEO and Harvard-educated entrepreneur Scott Keeneyn, nLIGHT (NASDAQ: LASR) offers semiconductor and fiber lasers to the industrial, aerospace & defense, and medical sectors.

Why Do We Avoid LASR?

  1. Annual sales declines of 1.6% for the past two years show its products and services struggled to connect with the market during this cycle
  2. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last five years as its free cash flow margin decreased by 6.4 percentage points
  3. Shrinking returns on capital from an already weak position reveal that neither previous nor ongoing investments are yielding the desired results

At $27.50 per share, nLIGHT trades at 5.6x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering LASR for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Karat Packaging (KRT)

Market Cap: $490.5 million

Founded as Lollicup, Karat Packaging (NASDAQ: KRT) distributes and manufactures environmentally-friendly disposable foodservice packaging solutions.

Why Does KRT Worry Us?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last two years as its 4.2% annual growth was below the typical industrials company
  2. Revenue growth over the past two years was nullified by the company’s new share issuances as its earnings per share fell by 2.9% annually
  3. Ability to fund investments or reward shareholders with increased buybacks or dividends is restricted by its weak free cash flow margin of 5.9% for the last five years

Karat Packaging’s stock price of $24.73 implies a valuation ratio of 16.5x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than KRT.

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