RBC Bearings (RBC)

Industrials · Tools & Accessories
$514.18 +0.31% on the day Market cap $15.0B 52-week range $364.50 to $667.69 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
15% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $15.0B, RBC Bearings's free cash flow of $343M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 15% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 7 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from RBC Bearings's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price15.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 7 years26.2% a year
Revenue, same period15.0% a year
Price to free cash flow43.8x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from RBC's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation3
Profitability6
Growth8
Financial health6
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)51.6x
P/E (forward)32.3x
Price / free cash flow43.8x
EV / EBITDA26.6x
Price / sales7.68x
Price / book4.42x
Revenue growth+19.1%
Operating margin23.6%
Net margin16.4%
Return on equity9.3%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.50x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from RBC Bearings's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$943M$1.5B$1.6B$1.6B$1.9B
Net income—$167M$210M$246M$288M
Free cash flow—$179M$242M$244M$343M
EPS (diluted)—$4.94$6.41$7.70$9.09
Operating margin—19.9%21.9%22.6%22.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2026.

Industrial$1.1B58%
Aerospace & Defense$788M42%

Superinvestors who own RBC

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $364M0.13%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $207M0.17%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $96M0.14%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $81M0.19%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by RBC Bearings's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 3, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$568.01—
Mar 3, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$568.01—
Mar 3, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$568.01—

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Questions

What growth does RBC Bearings's stock price imply?

At a market value of $15.0B, RBC Bearings would need its free cash flow to grow about 15% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 7 years its free cash flow grew 26% a year.

Are RBC Bearings insiders buying the stock?

3 open-market insider purchases of RBC in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own RBC Bearings?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold RBC in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Hersh Cohen, Ron Baron.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.