---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-070319"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:46:54.583370+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings Q1 FY2026 sales up 7.3% to $436M; EPS $2.17 GAAP, $2.84 adjusted

## Summary
- Net sales $436M vs $406.3M YoY (+7.3%); A&D segment +10.4%, Industrial +5.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.17 vs $1.90 YoY; adjusted diluted EPS $2.84 vs $2.54.
- Backlog increased to $1,017.3M from $940.7M (March 2025) and $825.8M (June 2024).
- Q2 FY2026 guidance: sales $445-455M (up 11.8-14.4% YoY); gross margin 44.0-44.25%.
- Free cash flow $104.3M vs $88.4M YoY; conversion rate 152.3% vs 144%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-070319
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-01T23:59:59+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/1324948/000121390025070319/0001213900-25-070319-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390025070319/ea0251226-8k_rbcbear.htm

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