RBC Bearings Inc.
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Earnings Call Q4 2026
May 15, 2026 - AI Summary
Strong Q4 results + leverage/cash focus (good)
- Net sales: $518m, +18.3% YoY
- Gross margin: 44.4% (or 45.3% adjusted), slight lift vs prior year (reported 44.2%)
- Adjusted EPS: $3.62, +27.9% YoY (from $2.83)
- Adjusted EBITDA: $168.9m, +21% YoY
- Free cash flow: $67.5m, 73.6% conversion in the quarter
- Debt paydown / deleveraging: $116m paid down in the quarter + $27m since quarter-end; company reiterated it’s on track to pay off the remainder of the term loan by Nov 2026
- Dividend/buyback: none mentioned—capital allocation is clearly deleveraging first, not shareholder yield.
Aerospace & Defense momentum is the driver; backlog growing (good + key opportunity)
- Revenue mix in Q4: 57% Industrial / 43% A&D
- A&D segment revenue: +41.2% YoY in Q4 (+22.8% ex-VACCO), signaling strength beyond acquisition effects
- Full-year A&D: +32%, with 19.1% organic
- Backlog: ~$2.3b, continuing to expand
- Segment growth details (full year):
- Commercial aircraft: +17.8% (17.3% organic)
- Defense: +65.4% (22.1% organic)
- Management tied growth to defense/space demand plus unprecedented commercial aircraft build rates and expected aftermarket support.
Space + missiles are notable upside areas; customer breadth highlighted (good + surprising)
- Missiles: FY2026 missile-related revenue exceeded $45m; growth partly from VACCO but also from expanding content across multiple programs
- Space: space revenue just above $70m in the year, including $30m from VACCO over ~8 months (surprisingly large jump vs RBC back in 2021 (~$4m))
- Management expects sustained growth in missiles and accelerating space momentum as private investment and national priority programs expand
- Customer ecosystem includes both traditional primes (e.g., Boeing/Lockheed/Northrop/Raytheon equivalents) and new space players (e.g., SpaceX/Blue/Rocket Lab mentioned)
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$224.51
52.6% downside
Current Fair Value
52.6% downsideOvervalued by 52.6% based on the discounted cash flow analysis.
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Share Statistics
| Market cap | $14.63 Billion |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Value | $14.67 Billion |
| Earnings per Share | $9.14 |
| Beta | 1.38 |
| Outstanding Shares | 31,597,371 |
Return
| Return on Equity | 10.24% |
|---|---|
| Return on Assets | 6.82% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 10.52% |
Valuation & Multiples
| P/E Ratio | 41.12 |
|---|---|
| PEG | 73 |
| Price to Sales | 7.4 |
| Price to Book Ratio | 4.34 |
| Enterprise Value to Revenue | 7.25 |
| Enterprise Value to EBIT | 29.7 |
| Enterprise Value to Net Income | 41 |
| Total Debt to Enterprise | 0.01 |
| Debt to Equity | 0.05 |
Revenue Sources
No data
Last Earnings Call
Report Date
October 30, 2026
EPS Estimate
$3.53
Consensus analyst estimateRevenue Estimate
$513.95 M
Consensus analyst estimateNext Earnings Call
Expected Date
February 4, 2027
EPS Estimate
$3.59
Consensus analyst estimateRevenue Estimate
$519.38 M
Consensus analyst estimateInstitutional Put/Call Ratio
Compares institutional put options with call options. At 0.00, the ratio is below 1, so institutions hold more calls than puts.
| Put/Call Ratio | 0.0000▼ 101.31% |
|---|---|
| Total Calls | -▼ 100.00% |
| Total Puts | -▼ 100.00% |
Institutional Ownership
Holdings and activity of institutional investors.
| Ownership % | 2.52%▼ 97.53% |
|---|---|
| Total Invested | $396.79M▼ 98.04% |
| Investors Holding | 169▼ 531.00% |
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