How Will RBC Bearings Stock React To Its Upcoming Earnings?

May 14th, 2026 by Trefis Team
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RBC Bearings (NYSE:RBC) is set to report its earnings on Friday, May 15, 2026. The company has $20 Bil in current market capitalization. Revenue over the last twelve months was $1.8 Bil, and it was operationally profitable with $413 Mil in operating profits and net income of $269 Mil. While a lot will depend on how results stack up against consensus and expectations, understanding historical patterns might just turn the odds in your favor if you are an event-driven trader.

There are two ways to do that: understand the historical odds and position yourself prior to the earnings release, or look at the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post earnings and position yourself accordingly after the earnings are released.

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RBC Bearings’s Historical Odds Of Positive Post-Earnings Return

Some observations on one-day (1D) post-earnings returns:

  • There are 20 earnings data points recorded over the last five years, with 13 positive and 7 negative one-day (1D) returns observed. In summary, positive 1D returns were seen about 65% of the time.
  • Notably, this percentage increases to 75% if we consider data for the last 3 years instead of 5.
  • Median of the 13 positive returns = 2.0%, and median of the 7 negative returns = -4.0%

Additional data for observed 5-Day (5D) and 21-Day (21D) returns post earnings are summarized along with the statistics in the table below.

  Forward Returns
Earnings Date 1D 5D 21D
2/5/2026 0.7% 6.5% 7.0%
10/31/2025 5.4% 6.3% 8.3%
8/1/2025 3.2% 4.5% 0.7%
5/16/2025 0.2% -2.0% 0.5%
1/31/2025 8.3% 13.5% 10.5%
11/1/2024 1.8% 13.3% 19.6%
8/2/2024 -4.0% -3.4% 3.4%
5/17/2024 8.1% 9.5% 2.1%
2/8/2024 -5.4% -0.6% -1.8%
11/9/2023 1.3% 11.2% 20.0%
8/4/2023 3.0% 5.0% 9.0%
5/19/2023 -5.3% -9.0% -7.1%
2/9/2023 1.9% 1.5% -7.1%
11/10/2022 1.7% -0.6% -8.4%
8/4/2022 -6.7% 1.7% -3.6%
5/26/2022 6.5% 24.0% 17.9%
2/10/2022 2.0% 4.6% 7.6%
11/12/2021 -1.4% -6.5% -12.9%
8/5/2021 -0.8% 0.0% 1.1%
5/21/2021 -0.7% 2.9% 4.2%
SUMMARY STATS      
# Positive 13 14 14
# Negative 7 6 6
Median Positive 2.0% 5.6% 7.3%
Median Negative -4.0% -2.7% -7.1%
Max Positive 8.3% 24.0% 20.0%
Max Negative -6.7% -9.0% -12.9%

Correlation Between 1D, 5D and 21D Historical Returns

A relatively less risky strategy (though not useful if the correlation is low) is to understand the correlation between short-term and medium-term returns post earnings, find a pair that has the highest correlation, and execute the appropriate trade. For example, if 1D and 5D show the highest correlation, a trader can position themselves “long” for the next 5 days if the 1D post-earnings return is positive. Here is some correlation data based on a 5-year and a 3-year (more recent) history. Note that the correlation 1D_5D refers to the correlation between 1D post-earnings returns and subsequent 5D returns.

History 1D_5D 1D_21D 5D_21D
5Y History 12.2% 3.5% 3.9%
3Y History 6.8% -11.4% -19.9%

Is There Any Correlation With Peer Earnings?

Sometimes, peer performance can have an influence on post-earnings stock reaction. In fact, the pricing-in might begin before the earnings are announced. Here is some historical data on the past post-earnings performance of RBC Bearings stock compared with the stock performance of peers that reported earnings just before RBC Bearings. For fair comparison, peer stock returns also represent post-earnings one-day (1D) returns.

  1D Return Peer Post-Earnings 1D Return
RBC Earnings Dates RBC TKR RRX PH WWD CR
2/5/2026 0.7% 3.2% N/A* 2.0% 15.1% -10.5%
10/31/2025 5.4% -0.9% -2.9% N/A* N/A* -0.6%
8/1/2025 3.2% -1.7% N/A* N/A* 0.3% 1.8%
5/16/2025 0.2% N/A* 12.9% 11.8% 15.6% 19.7%
1/31/2025 8.3% N/A* N/A* 0.4% N/A* 8.9%
11/1/2024 1.8% N/A* N/A* 0.2% N/A* 3.3%
8/2/2024 -4.0% -6.3% -7.3% N/A* -16.8% -8.4%
5/17/2024 8.1% 2.0% 1.6% 3.0% 18.8% 11.2%
2/8/2024 -5.4% -1.7% N/A* 3.4% -3.5% 11.7%
11/9/2023 1.3% 2.3% 7.2% 2.0% N/A* 22.2%
8/4/2023 3.0% -2.4% -3.7% -1.0% 4.5% -1.7%
5/19/2023 -5.3% -2.3% 1.1% 3.7% 11.3% -2.1%
2/9/2023 1.9% 0.1% -0.7% 4.6% -5.4% N/A*
11/10/2022 1.7% 6.5% -3.9% 6.5% N/A* N/A*
8/4/2022 -6.7% 1.9% 2.4% N/A* -10.6% N/A*
5/26/2022 6.5% 1.9% -6.5% -2.5% -8.7% N/A*
2/10/2022 2.0% -1.8% 0.7% -2.0% 5.5% N/A*
11/12/2021 -1.4% 6.2% 4.4% 2.9% N/A* N/A*
8/5/2021 -0.8% 0.3% -0.3% N/A* -5.9% N/A*
CORRELATION   10.0% -30.1% -45.4% 14.8% 30.1%

   * N/A indicates that the peer reported earnings after RBC

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