RBC Bearings (RBC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

RBC Bearings (RBC) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.69% for Q1 2026, up 19.0% year-over-year from 1.42% in Q1 2025, and down 23.08% quarter-over-quarter from 2.2% in Q4 2025.

RBC Bearings (RBC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

RBC Bearings (RBC) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.69% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.69%, up 19.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.69% (up 19.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 1.78%, up 28.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 1.69% in Q1 2026 per RBC's latest filing, from 2.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 8.27% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 1.5% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 4.93% and a median of 5.39% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed surged 407 bps in 2022, then tumbled 658 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 6.01% in 2022, then gained by 26 bps to 7.59% in 2023, then climbed by 9 bps to 8.27% in 2024, then tumbled by 73 bps to 2.2% in 2025, then retreated by 23 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows RBC's Return on Capital Employed at 1.69% in Q1 2026, 2.2% in Q4 2025, and 1.77% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Snap-on 19.71 Bn 17.98 Bn 223.10 Mn 18.58%
2 RBC Bearings 18.58 Bn 18.52 Bn 230.00 Mn 1.69%
3 Lincoln Electric Holdings 14.37 Bn 14.06 Bn 399.13 Mn 26.23%
4 Stanley Black & Decker 11.91 Bn 11.58 Bn 1.16 Bn -65.15%
5 Timken 9.17 Bn 9.33 Bn 394.00 Mn 9.71%
6 Toro 8.55 Bn 8.36 Bn 336.50 Mn 16.49%
7 Kennametal 2.49 Bn 2.42 Bn 207.98 Mn 9.45%
8 Hillman Solutions 1.44 Bn 1.41 Bn 168.58 Mn 4.98%
9 Eastern 129.83 Mn 121.67 Mn 11.93 Mn 4.43%
10 Chicago Rivet & Machine 9.85 Mn 8.40 Mn 958,459.00 -8.23%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 1.69%
Dec 27, 2025 2.20%
Sep 27, 2025 1.77%
Jun 28, 2025 1.57%
Mar 29, 2025 1.50%
Dec 28, 2024 8.27%
Sep 28, 2024 8.01%
Jun 29, 2024 8.15%
Mar 30, 2024 7.79%
Dec 30, 2023 7.59%
Sep 30, 2023 7.47%
Jul 1, 2023 7.16%
Apr 1, 2023 6.69%
Dec 31, 2022 6.01%
Oct 1, 2022 4.77%
Jul 2, 2022 3.50%
Apr 2, 2022 2.69%
Jan 1, 2022 1.94%
Oct 2, 2021 3.98%
Jul 3, 2021 6.30%