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RBC BearingsRisks
- The bearing and industrial motion industries are highly competitive, and this competition results in significant pricing pressure for our products that could affect our revenues and profitability.
- Our business is capital intensive, and if there are downturns in the industries that we serve, we may be forced to significantly curtail or suspend operations with respect to those industries, which could result in our recording asset impairment charges, restructuring charges or taking other measures that may adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.
- Changes in customer preferences and inventory reductions by customers or distributors could adversely affect the Company's business.
- Any change in raw material prices, the availability or cost of raw materials or logistics expenses could adversely affect our results of operations and profit margins.
- We may not realize the improved operating results that we anticipate from past and future acquisitions, may experience difficulties in integrating acquired businesses, and may incur unanticipated liabilities and costs associated with such acquired businesses.
- Our operating results depend in part on continued successful research, development and marketing of new and/or improved products and services, and there can be no assurance that we will continue to successfully introduce new products and services.
- Loss of our rights to exclusive use of our intellectual property whether through patent infringement, counterfeiting, theft of trade secrets, or otherwise could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Third-party claims alleging our infringement of intellectual property rights could also have a material adverse effect on the Company.
- An increase in our levels of debt and the corresponding impact to our financial covenants or a failure to maintain our credit ratings could limit our ability to invest in our business.
- Some of our debt has variable interest rates, which could increase the cost of servicing such debt, and fixed rate debt may have increased cost to refinance at maturity.
- The global nature of our business exposes us to foreign currency fluctuations that may affect our asset values, results of operations and competitiveness.
- Our results of operations may be materially affected by conditions in global financial markets or in any of the geographic regions in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate. If an end user cannot obtain financing to purchase our products, either directly or indirectly contained in machinery or equipment, demand for our products will be reduced, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and earnings.
- Global political instability and other risks of international operations may adversely affect our operating costs, revenues and the price of our products.
- We have global operations, and changes to government trade policies including the imposition of tariffs and other trade barriers, as well as the resulting consequences, could adversely impact our revenue and profit margins.
- If we are unable to attract, retain and develop key personnel and develop and successfully execute succession plans, our business could be materially adversely affected.
- Work stoppages or similar difficulties could significantly disrupt our operations, reduce our revenues and materially affect our earnings.
- Expenses and contributions related to our defined benefit plans are affected by factors outside our control, including the performance of plan assets, interest rates, actuarial data and experience, and changes in laws and regulations, all of which could impact our funded status.
- Future actions involving our defined benefit and other postretirement plans, such as annuity purchases, lump-sum payouts, and/or plan terminations could cause us to incur significant pension and postretirement settlement and curtailment charges, and require cash contributions.
- Current and future environmental health and safety laws, regulations, and customer requirements impose substantial costs and limitations on our operations and compliance may be more costly than we expect.
- We are subject to a wide variety of domestic and foreign laws and regulations that could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flow or financial condition.
- Actions required to comply with regulations or stakeholder expectations associated with corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) topics, including those related to climate change, could adversely affect our business and performance.
- The Company may be subject to risks relating to its information technology systems, including the risk of cybersecurity incidents.
- Data privacy and security concerns, as well as evolving regulation and enforcement, could adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.
- Weakness in global economic conditions or in any of the industries or geographic regions in which we or our customers operate, as well as the cyclical nature of our customers' businesses generally or sustained uncertainty in financial markets, could adversely impact our revenues and profitability by reducing demand and margins.
- Rising inflationary pressure has resulted in and could further result in increased employee expenses, shipping costs, raw material costs, energy and fuel costs and other costs of production. If we cannot continue to absorb or pass these increases in our costs of production to our customers, our results of operations, profit margins and cash flows could be adversely affected.
- Warranty, recall, quality or product liability claims could materially adversely affect our earnings.
- If our internal controls are found to be ineffective, our financial results or our stock price may be adversely affected.
- Changes in accounting standards could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, as reported in our financial statements.
Management Discussion
- 2023 vs. 2022
- The increase in net sales was primarily driven by the benefit of acquisitions net of divestitures and higher organic sales (favorable pricing, lower volume), partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes. The decrease in net income was primarily due to the impact of lower volume, higher operating costs, the unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes, higher pension remeasurement charges, and an increase in net interest expense, partially offset by favorable price/mix.
- The Company expects 2024 full-year revenue to be down in the range of 2.5% to 4.5% in total compared to 2023, as the benefit of acquisitions net of divestitures completed during 2023 is expected to be more than offset by lower anticipated organic revenue based on the current demand environment. The Company's earnings are expected to be down in 2024 compared with 2023, primarily due to the impact of lower sales volume, offset partially by lower anticipated pension remeasurement and impairment charges and the favorable impact of acquisitions, including reduced acquisition related charges.