RBC Bearings Incorporated (RBC) Key Metrics
RBC valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $15.78B
- Enterprise value
- $16.59B
- P/E (TTM)
- 49.3 10-yr median 38.6
- Forward P/E
- 36.9
- PEG ratio
- 1.65
- Price / sales
- 8.1 10-yr median 4.8
- Price / book
- 4.6 10-yr median 3.2
- EV / EBITDA
- 28.0 10-yr median 25.7
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.38
RBC key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsRBC valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
RBC returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
RBC per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
RBC financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
RBC efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
RBC valuation history
RBC returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
RBC debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
RBC cash returned to shareholders
RBC price vs earnings per share
RBC key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $17.18B | $9.77B | $7.89B | $6.77B | $5.30B | $4.93B | $2.81B | $3.14B | $3.03B | $2.31B |
| Enterprise value | $18.12B | $10.76B | $9.11B | $8.70B | $6.90B | $5.54B | $3.86B | $4.42B | $4.03B | $3.60B |
| P/E ratio | 59.7 | 39.7 | 37.6 | 40.6 | 96.8 | 54.7 | 23.4 | 29.9 | 34.7 | 32.7 |
| Price / sales | 9.2 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Price / book | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 50.2 | 40.1 | 32.7 | 37.9 | 35.2 | 35.1 | 23.8 | 46.8 | 29.6 | 28.7 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 41.3 | 33.3 | 28.7 | 30.7 | 29.4 | 32.3 | 18.1 | 29.0 | 23.2 | 22.8 |
| EV / sales | 9.7 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 33.1 | 21.9 | 19.8 | 21.7 | 37.1 | 37.7 | 21.5 | 27.5 | 25.9 | 25.5 |
| EV / free cash flow | 52.9 | 44.1 | 37.7 | 48.7 | 45.8 | 39.4 | 32.6 | 65.8 | 39.4 | 44.7 |
| Earnings yield | 1.7% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.0% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $543.12 | $321.77 | $270.35 | $232.73 | $193.88 | $196.77 | $112.79 | $127.17 | $124.20 | $97.09 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $59.14 | $53.91 | $53.45 | $50.54 | $34.52 | $24.31 | $29.19 | $28.42 | $27.70 | $25.87 |
| Earnings per share | $9.09 | $8.11 | $7.19 | $5.73 | $2.00 | $3.60 | $4.83 | $4.26 | $3.58 | $2.97 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $13.14 | $9.67 | $9.41 | $7.59 | $6.60 | $6.09 | $6.24 | $4.39 | $5.35 | $4.26 |
| Free cash flow per share | $10.83 | $8.03 | $8.27 | $6.14 | $5.51 | $5.61 | $4.75 | $2.72 | $4.20 | $3.38 |
| Cash per share | $1.81 | $1.21 | $2.18 | $2.25 | $6.70 | $9.63 | $4.14 | $1.21 | $2.22 | $1.64 |
| Book value per share | $106.24 | $99.87 | $94.28 | $87.23 | $86.85 | $49.10 | $44.86 | $39.19 | $34.25 | $30.15 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$0.65 | −$5.47 | −$17.64 | −$27.06 | −$38.14 | $31.86 | $27.18 | $22.31 | $15.71 | $10.60 |
| Dividends per share | $0.00 | $0.57 | $0.79 | $0.79 | $0.26 | $0.45 | $0.55 | $0.94 | $1.83 | $1.77 |
| Capex per share | $2.31 | $1.64 | $1.14 | $1.44 | $1.09 | $0.47 | $1.50 | $1.67 | $1.15 | $0.88 |
| Debt per share | $31.34 | $33.90 | $44.08 | $68.93 | $65.36 | $33.88 | $46.10 | $52.88 | $43.47 | $55.71 |
| Shares outstanding | 31.6M | 30.4M | 29.2M | 29.1M | 27.3M | 25.0M | 24.9M | 24.7M | 24.4M | 23.8M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +4.2% | +4.0% | +0.4% | +6.4% | +9.0% | +0.5% | +0.8% | +1.4% | +2.4% | +1.2% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.0% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 6.8% | 3.0% | 7.7% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 11.2% | 10.6% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 7.9% | 7.3% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 3.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.9% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 6.5% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 7.7% | 6.4% |
| Return on tangible assets | 16.5% | 16.5% | 14.9% | 12.2% | 3.8% | 9.0% | 13.7% | 14.4% | 12.6% | 11.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 18.3% | 14.9% | 15.5% | 12.2% | 16.0% | 23.1% | 16.3% | 9.6% | 15.2% | 13.1% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.45 | 1.19 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 3.30 | 1.69 | 1.29 | 1.03 | 1.50 | 1.43 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $991.4M | $1.03B | $1.29B | $2.00B | $1.78B | $848.7M | $1.15B | $1.31B | $1.06B | $1.33B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $57.3M | $36.8M | $63.5M | $65.4M | $182.9M | $241.3M | $103.3M | $29.9M | $54.2M | $38.9M |
| Net debt | $934.1M | $992.1M | $1.22B | $1.94B | $1.60B | $607.4M | $1.05B | $1.28B | $1.00B | $1.29B |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 1.03 | 1.35 | 1.27 | 1.85 |
| Debt / assets | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.59 | 0.87 | 1.14 | 0.93 | 1.20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.70 | 2.02 | 2.66 | 4.82 | 8.63 | 4.14 | 5.83 | 7.94 | 6.45 | 9.12 |
| Current ratio | 2.18 | 3.26 | 3.28 | 2.95 | 3.07 | 8.25 | 5.90 | 5.58 | 4.60 | 4.81 |
| Quick ratio | 0.78 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 1.42 | 4.13 | 2.36 | 1.87 | 1.69 | 1.70 |
| Interest coverage | 8.5 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 80.1 | 79.2 | 25.5 | 17.2 | 13.2 |
| Working capital | $643.6M | $712.0M | $671.2M | $604.0M | $648.7M | $640.0M | $508.3M | $413.2M | $378.4M | $354.8M |
| Invested capital | $4.30B | $4.02B | $3.98B | $4.47B | $3.97B | $1.84B | $2.16B | $2.25B | $1.84B | $2.00B |
| Tangible asset value | −$20.6M | −$165.9M | −$514.9M | −$786.8M | −$1.04B | $798.0M | $677.5M | $551.5M | $382.7M | $252.2M |
| Net current asset value | −$571.9M | −$626.5M | −$961.2M | −$1.24B | −$1.51B | $523.9M | $408.1M | $324.5M | $175.5M | $56.2M |
| Graham number | $147.42 | $135.00 | $123.51 | $106.08 | $62.56 | $63.04 | $69.81 | $61.26 | $52.50 | $44.88 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$33.53 | −$34.89 | −$46.43 | −$55.58 | −$67.60 | $12.05 | $7.22 | $4.72 | −$0.55 | −$5.29 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $0 | $17.2M | $23.0M | $22.9M | $7.1M | $11.4M | $13.6M | $23.3M | $44.5M | $42.1M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $14.4M | $9.5M | $11.0M | $7.7M | $8.5M | $6.8M | $12.2M | $5.2M | $5.0M | $4.8M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 0.0% | 7.0% | 11.0% | 13.7% | 13.0% | 12.6% | 11.3% | 22.1% | 51.1% | 59.6% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 4.2% | 11.0% | 14.1% | 17.1% | 10.4% | 13.0% | 21.8% | 42.4% | 48.4% | 58.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.9% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 4.1% | 3.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 17.6% | 17.0% | 12.1% | 19.0% | 16.5% | 7.7% | 24.0% | 38.1% | 21.5% | 20.6% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.57 | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 1.19 | 1.39 | 0.99 | 0.76 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 16.9% | 17.1% | 16.2% | 15.6% | 17.8% | 16.9% | — | 16.8% | — | 16.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 64.1 | 63.5 | 58.7 | 60.5 | 69.3 | 71.8 | 65.2 | 64.3 | 61.3 | 62.9 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 248.5 | 256.1 | 248.2 | 232.9 | 274.2 | 356.2 | 292.5 | 274.7 | 261.1 | 270.1 |
| Days payables outstanding | 50.0 | 51.0 | 53.9 | 64.5 | 60.7 | 42.5 | 41.9 | 40.6 | 34.9 | 33.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 262.6 | 268.6 | 252.9 | 228.9 | 282.8 | 385.4 | 315.7 | 298.5 | 287.5 | 299.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.69 | 5.74 | 6.22 | 6.03 | 5.27 | 5.09 | 5.60 | 5.67 | 5.96 | 5.80 |
| Payables turnover | 7.29 | 7.15 | 6.77 | 5.66 | 6.01 | 8.58 | 8.71 | 8.99 | 10.47 | 11.01 |
| Inventory turnover | 1.47 | 1.43 | 1.47 | 1.57 | 1.33 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 1.33 | 1.40 | 1.35 |
| Asset turnover | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.56 |
| Average receivables | $328.8M | $284.9M | $250.8M | $243.5M | $179.0M | $119.7M | $129.9M | $123.8M | $113.3M | $106.0M |
| Average payables | $142.7M | $127.3M | $131.5M | $152.7M | $97.5M | $43.7M | $50.3M | $47.4M | $39.8M | $35.0M |
| Average inventory | $708.6M | $638.6M | $605.0M | $551.7M | $440.1M | $365.8M | $351.2M | $320.6M | $297.9M | $285.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 66.0% | 68.2% | 69.8% | 70.8% | 70.5% | 30.1% | 33.3% | 36.4% | 39.5% | 41.9% |
Computed from RBC's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed May 15, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
RBC valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (March 31, 2026), RBC Bearings traded at 59.7 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 38.6. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 49.3 and the forward P/E is 36.9. RBC Bearings earned a return on equity of 9.0% and a return on invested capital of 7.9% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $991.4 million of debt and $57.3 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $934.1 million. It returned $14.4 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $14.4 million in share buybacks, 4% of free cash flow. The share count rose 33.0% from 23.8M to 31.6M over 9 years.
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RBC key metrics FAQ
What is RBC Bearings's P/E ratio?
RBC Bearings's trailing P/E ratio is 49.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 36.9. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 59.7, compared with a 10-year median of 38.6.
What is RBC Bearings's EV/EBITDA?
RBC Bearings's enterprise value was 33.1 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $18.1 billion, EBITDA $547.9 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 28.0.
What is RBC Bearings's return on equity?
RBC Bearings's return on equity (ROE) was 9.0% in fiscal 2026: net income of $287.6 million on average shareholders' equity of $3.2 billion.
What is RBC Bearings's ROIC?
RBC Bearings's return on invested capital was 7.9% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does RBC Bearings have?
RBC Bearings had total debt of $991.4 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29 and $934.1 million of net debt (1.70 times EBITDA).
Does RBC Bearings pay a dividend?
RBC Bearings did not pay a dividend in fiscal 2026.
Does RBC Bearings buy back its shares?
Yes. RBC Bearings spent $14.4 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed +4.2% over the year, to 31.6M..
What is RBC Bearings's free cash flow yield?
RBC Bearings generated $342.6 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 2.0% on its market value at year-end ($17.2 billion).
What is RBC Bearings's current ratio?
RBC Bearings's current ratio was 2.18 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 2.18 times current liabilities.