---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-041336"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:35:09.312225+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q4 net sales up 9.9% to $394.4M; adjusted EPS $2.13 vs $1.93 YoY

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.49, adjusted diluted EPS $2.13; net income $49.2M vs $31.5M YoY.
- Industrial segment sales +7.4%; Aerospace/Defense +16.0% driving growth.
- Full-year net sales $1,469.3M up 55.8%; adjusted operating margin 20.7% from 17.8%.
- Term loan reduced $70M in Q4; $400M total reduction since Nov 2021.
- Q1 FY2024 sales guidance $380-390M (7.3-10.1% growth vs prior year).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-041336
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+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/1324948/000121390023041336/0001213900-23-041336-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023041336/ea178917-8k_rbcbearings.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-041336.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RBC Bearings INC reported financial results for the quarter ended April 1, 2023 and full fiscal year ended April 1, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter ended April 1, 2023 and full fiscal year ended April 1, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 19, 2023 , RBC Bearings Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended April 1, 2023 and full fiscal year ended April 1, 2023, and certain other information.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390023041336/0001213900-23-041336-index.htm

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