Is RBC a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores RBC Bearings Incorporated on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how RBC compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is RBC Bearings Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to RBC based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes RBC a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

RBC - RBC Bearings Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B 71.6 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

C 56.3

5yr Avg ROIC 5.5% 38/100
Operating Margin Trend +2.20 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

D- 29.6

5yr Avg ROE 5.7% 39/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 3.7% 13/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

A+ 98.9

5yr Revenue CAGR 18.7% 98/100
5yr EPS CAGR 55.4% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

A- 86.9

5yr FCF Margin 15.4% 83/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.43x 92/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

B+ 78.2

Net Debt / EBITDA 2.22x 66/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 8.45x 79/100
Altman Z-Score 7.37 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

B- 63.1

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.48 33/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 2 new buys; 2 trimmed; 1 full exit.

Holders: 4 +1
Avg Δ position: -16.2%
New buys: 2
Full exits: 1

Soros new
Dalio new
Wood sold -100%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.