---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-044635"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T02:55:17.440238+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q4 net sales $437.7M (+5.8%); adj EPS $2.83 vs $2.47; guides Q1 sales $424-434M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $437.7M, up 5.8% YoY; Aerospace/Defense +10.6%, Industrial +3.3%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.30 vs $1.91; adjusted diluted EPS $2.83 vs $2.47.
- Full year net sales $1,636.3M (+4.9%); adj EBITDA margin 31.8% vs 30.9%.
- Repaid $275M of debt in FY2025; trailing net leverage reduced to 1.7x.
- Q1 FY2026 guidance: net sales $424-434M (4.4-6.8% growth); gross margin 44.25-44.75%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-044635
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+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/1324948/000121390025044635/0001213900-25-044635-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390025044635/ea0242400-8k_rbcbear.htm

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