---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-029632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:40:00.695764+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q4 net sales $358.9M (+123.9% YoY); adj. EPS $1.26; Q1 outlook $355-365M

## Summary
- Q4 adj. diluted EPS $1.26 vs $1.08 prior year; GAAP diluted EPS $0.92 vs $0.99.
- Q4 net sales $358.9M (organic +10.4%); Industrial segment +297.3% helped by Dodge acquisition.
- Q4 adj. gross margin 40.2%; adj. operating margin 19.6% vs 20.3% last year.
- Backlog $603.1M at April 2, 2022, up from $552.7M at Jan 1, 2022.
- Q1 FY2023 net sales guided $355-365M, growth of 127.3%-133.7% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-029632
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390022029632/0001213900-22-029632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390022029632/ea160566-8k_rbcbearings.htm

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