Is RBC Bearings Incorporated (RBC) a Warren Buffett Stock?
Partial Buffett fit - meets 7/9 key criteria, but with reservations.
7/9 criteria passed
+6 sector-quality lift. Top-quintile within its sector on 3 of 5 quality metrics. Raw pillar score 60 → lifted to 66 before grade derivation.
Capped from B to D. ROIC under 8% on both TTM and 5y average - business doesn't earn enough on capital invested; Share count growing by more than 3%/year over 5y - dilutes future per-share value What are deal-breaker caps?
Warren Buffett's Criteria, Applied to RBC
ROIC ≥ 15%
Gross margin ≥ 40%
Owner earnings yield ≥ 5%
5y profitable
How RBC Scores on Other Strategies
Live Financial Snapshot
Market cap
$15.67B
P/E (TTM)
63.0x
ROIC (TTM)
6.88%
Gross margin
44.37%
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Educational tool, not investment advice. Scores are computed from publicly-available financial data against published investing-strategy criteria. We do not claim that Warren Buffett personally owns or recommends RBC.