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RBC Bearings Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, RBC Bearings Inc had return on equity of 9.0%, an operating margin of 22.5%, debt equal to 26.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.18. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Apr 20102011Apr 20112012Mar 20122013Mar 20132014Mar 20142015Mar 20152016Apr 20162017Apr 20172018Mar 20182019Mar 20192020Mar 20202021Apr 20212022Apr 20222023Apr 20232024Mar 20242025Mar 20252026Mar 2026LTMSept 2026
Gross margin30.8%32.7%35.4%37.9%39.3%38.2%36.6%37.4%38.3%39.4%39.7%38.4%37.9%41.2%43.0%44.4%44.4%45.5%
Operating margin12.6%16.7%19.5%19.4%21.2%19.9%17.4%18.6%19.1%18.8%20.5%18.8%12.8%19.9%21.9%22.6%22.5%24.4%
Net margin8.9%10.4%12.6%14.0%14.4%13.1%10.7%11.5%12.9%15.0%16.5%14.8%5.8%11.3%13.5%15.0%15.4%17.5%
Free-cash-flow margin11.4%11.8%6.8%6.0%4.5%11.4%10.5%13.1%15.2%9.6%16.3%23.1%16.0%12.2%15.5%14.9%18.3%19.7%
Return on equity8.6%11.4%14.0%13.3%12.0%10.7%10.9%10.6%11.2%11.6%11.5%7.7%3.0%6.8%7.9%8.5%9.0%10.2%
Return on assets6.5%8.7%11.3%11.2%10.3%9.3%7.4%6.4%7.7%9.2%9.7%6.5%1.7%3.5%4.5%5.3%5.9%6.9%
Asset turnover0.730.840.900.800.720.710.690.560.600.610.590.440.300.310.330.350.380.39
Current ratio7.384.107.178.029.7510.124.864.814.605.585.908.253.072.953.283.262.183.13
Debt to equity13.6%9.5%0.3%2.2%1.9%1.7%58.6%37.6%20.8%4.5%2.0%1.3%91.9%55.0%43.3%30.4%26.0%20.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)19.2x31.4x74.3x90.0x87.0x83.8x11.9x13.2x17.2x25.5x79.2x81.9x2.9x3.8x————
Effective tax rate26.1%34.1%34.2%29.7%31.4%31.1%32.6%32.7%27.3%16.6%18.0%20.4%30.5%20.5%19.8%21.1%22.1%21.4%
R&D as % of revenue————————————2.9%2.2%2.1%2.0%1.8%—
SG&A as % of revenue17.2%15.7%15.4%16.3%17.2%17.0%16.5%16.7%16.8%16.7%17.9%16.9%17.8%15.6%16.2%17.1%16.9%16.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.6%3.1%4.5%10.4%6.9%4.7%3.5%3.4%4.1%5.9%5.1%1.9%3.2%2.9%2.1%3.0%3.9%4.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income128.1%113.3%54.4%43.0%31.6%87.4%97.8%113.8%117.4%63.9%98.3%156.0%275.1%107.1%115.1%99.0%119.1%112.6%
Dividends ÷ net income————0.0%79.0%0.0%0.0%——————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow2.8%1.4%2.3%17.5%9.4%104.3%16.8%5.9%4.9%7.8%10.3%4.8%5.7%4.3%4.6%3.9%——

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · September 26, 2026
What it owns · $5.2bn
Short-term assets $1.3bnLonger-term assets $3.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.2bn
Short-term liabilities $401mLonger-term liabilities $1.2bnShareholders' equity $3.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $401m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $1.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $89m of cash against $710m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 20% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 71% to 20% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $486m of operating cash flow against $710m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $494m against −$5m of interest.

From RBC Bearings Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

66 /100

Moderate moat

How hard RBC Bearings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 9 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 7.9% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 39.5%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 16 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 20.0%; its worst year was 15.7%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 16.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 24.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from RBC Bearings Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to RBC Bearings Inc.