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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 Industrials Stocks We Keep Off Our Radar

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Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. Their momentum is also rising as lower interest rates have incentivized higher capital spending. As a result, the industry has posted a 20.8% gain over the past six months, beating the S&P 500 by 9.3 percentage points.

Regardless of these results, investors should tread carefully. The diversity of companies in this space means that not all are created equal or well-positioned for the inescapable downturn. Taking that into account, here are three industrials stocks we’re passing on.

Saia (SAIA)

Market Cap: $7.73 billion

Pivoting its business model after realizing there was more success in delivering produce than selling it, Saia (NASDAQ: SAIA) is a provider of freight transportation solutions.

Why Is SAIA Not Exciting?

  1. Incremental sales over the last two years were much less profitable as its earnings per share fell by 7.3% annually while its revenue grew
  2. 9.6 percentage point decline in its free cash flow margin over the last five years reflects the company’s increased investments to defend its market position
  3. Shrinking returns on capital suggest that increasing competition is eating into the company’s profitability

At $289.90 per share, Saia trades at 28x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including SAIA in your portfolio.

Wabash (WNC)

Market Cap: $451.1 million

With its first trailer reportedly built on two sawhorses, Wabash (NYSE: WNC) offers semi trailers, liquid transportation containers, truck bodies, and equipment for moving goods.

Why Is WNC Risky?

  1. Demand cratered as it couldn’t win new orders over the past two years, leading to an average 36.2% decline in its backlog
  2. Sales were less profitable over the last five years as its earnings per share fell by 22.3% annually, worse than its revenue declines
  3. 8× net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio shows it’s overleveraged and increases the probability of shareholder dilution if things turn unexpectedly

Wabash is trading at $11.02 per share, or 14.7x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than WNC.

Tri Pointe Homes (TPH)

Market Cap: $3.09 billion

Established in 2009 in California, Tri Pointe Homes (NYSE: TPH) is a United States homebuilder recognized for its innovative and sustainable approach to creating premium, life-enhancing homes.

Why Do We Steer Clear of TPH?

  1. Product roadmap and go-to-market strategy need to be reconsidered as its backlog has averaged 7.6% declines over the past two years
  2. Forecasted revenue decline of 18.5% for the upcoming 12 months implies demand will fall even further
  3. Performance over the past two years shows each sale was less profitable as its earnings per share dropped by 8.1% annually, worse than its revenue

Tri Pointe Homes’s stock price of $35.66 implies a valuation ratio of 12.5x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why TPH doesn’t pass our bar.

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