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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-008591"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:37:16.164170+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q3 FY2025: net sales $394.4M (+5.5%), diluted EPS $1.82 vs $1.39

## Summary
- Net sales increased 5.5% to $394.4 million; Aerospace/Defense segment up 10.7% and Industrial up 2.7%.
- Diluted EPS rose 30.9% to $1.82; adjusted diluted EPS $2.34, a 26.5% increase.
- Gross margin improved to 44.3% from 42.3% last year; operating income up 13.7% to $85.6M.
- Free cash flow conversion was 127%; backlog reached $896.5 million as of December 28, 2024.
- Q4 fiscal 2025 net sales guidance: $434M to $444M, representing 4.9% to 7.3% growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-008591
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390025008591/0001213900-25-008591-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390025008591/ea0229345-8k_rbcbear.htm

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