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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-064391"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:23:51.328053+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q1 FY2025 adj. EPS $2.54 (+19.2% YoY); Aero/Def sales +23.7%

## Summary
- Net sales $406.3M (+5.0% YoY); Aerospace/Defense up 23.7%, Industrial down 3.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.90; adjusted diluted EPS $2.54 vs $2.13 last year (+19.2%).
- Gross margin 45.3% vs 43.4% last year; adjusted EBITDA margin 33.0% vs 31.1%.
- Backlog $825.8M vs $765.2M a year ago; Q2 FY2025 guidance $395-405M sales.
- Series A preferred stock converts to common on Oct 15, 2024, saving $23M/year in dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-064391
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-02T23:59:59+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/1324948/000121390024064391/0001213900-24-064391-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024064391/ea0210452-8k_rbcbear.htm

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