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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-058455"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T09:00:00.998878+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q2 net sales $160.9M (+10%); completed $2.9B Dodge acquisition; Q3 outlook $245-255M

## Summary
- Diluted EPS GAAP $0.25 vs $0.82 YoY; adjusted EPS $0.89 vs $0.93 YoY.
- Industrial sales up 31.1% YoY; aerospace down 4.4%.
- Completed acquisition of Dodge for $2.9B on Nov 1, financed with debt and equity.
- Q3 guidance: net sales $245-$255M including two months of Dodge, growth 68-74.8%.
- Backlog $456.7M vs $403M prior year; cash from ops $40.2M vs $26.1M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-058455
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390021058455/0001213900-21-058455-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390021058455/ea150423-8k_rbcbearings.htm

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