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RBC Bearings (RBC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

RBC Bearings has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 2.2% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 46.0% to 2.2% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.2% through Dec 2025, up 46.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.5% for FY2025, 25.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 2.2% for Q4 2025 at RBC Bearings, up from 1.77% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.18% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 1.0% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.88% (2023), against an average of 2.82%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Capital Employed was 327bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of -422bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.33% in 2021, then grew by 12bps to 5.98% in 2022, then crashed by -68bps to 1.93% in 2023, then decreased by -10bps to 1.73% in 2024, then increased by 27bps to 2.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RBC's Return on Capital Employed are 2.2% (Q4 2025), 1.77% (Q3 2025), and 1.57% (Q2 2025).