---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-009820"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T19:36:23.212464+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q3 fiscal 2023 net sales $351.6M (+31.7% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.64 vs $1.20

## Summary
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.64 vs $1.20 last year; GAAP diluted EPS $1.05 vs loss $0.18.
- Organic net sales grew 12.7% YoY; Industrial segment organic up 11.8%, Aero/Defense up 13.2%.
- Adjusted operating margin 20.4% vs 17.3%; adjusted net income attributable to common $47.7M vs $34.8M.
- Backlog $613.6M at Dec 31, 2022, down from $653.2M at Oct 1 but up from $552.7M a year ago.
- Q4 fiscal 2023 net sales guidance $375-385M, growth 4.5-7.3%; term loan reduced $60M in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-009820
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023009820/0001213900-23-009820-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023009820/ea173109-8k_rbcbearings.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RBC Bearings INC reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2023.
  - Period: the third quarter of fiscal 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 9, 2023 , RBC Bearings Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, and certain other information.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023009820/0001213900-23-009820-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.