---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-011362"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T05:27:35.598972+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q3 sales $373.9M (+6.3% YoY); Aero/Def up 22.5%, adj. EPS $1.85

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.39, adjusted diluted EPS $1.85, vs $1.05 and $1.64 a year ago.
- Gross margin improved to 42.3% from 41.5%; adjusted net income $60.0M (+12.4% YoY).
- Aerospace/Defense segment sales surged 22.5% YoY; Industrial segment edged down 0.6%.
- Backlog $652.1M, up from $613.6M a year earlier; Q4 FY2024 guidance $405-415M sales.
- Operating income $75.2M (+7.0% GAAP); adjusted operating income $75.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-011362
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024011362/0001213900-24-011362-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024011362/ea192996-8k_rbcbearing.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-011362.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RBC Bearings INC reported the third quarter of fiscal 2024 results: revenue $373.9 million, net income $46.6 million, EPS $1.39.
  - Period: the third quarter of fiscal 2024
  - Revenue: $373.9 million
  - Net income: $46.6 million
  - EPS: $1.39
  - Result: reported results
  source text: the industrial, defense and aerospace industries, today reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Third Quarter Financial Highlights ● Third quarter net sales of $373.9 million increased 6.3% over last year, Aerospace/Defense up 22.5% and Industrial down 0.6%. ● Gross margin of 42.3% in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to 41.5% for the same
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024011362/0001213900-24-011362-index.htm

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