REGALBELOIT Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 12, 2010
REGALBELOIT Corp. (RBC, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-05-11.

Regalbeloit Corp. has a market cap of $2.33 billion; its shares were traded at around $62.29 with a P/E ratio of 19.6 and P/S ratio of 1.3. The dividend yield of Regalbeloit Corp. stocks is 1%. Regalbeloit Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 12.6% over the past 10 years.RBC is in the portfolios of John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, RS Investment Management, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors.

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Net income attributable to Regal Beloit Corporation increased 195.3% to $37.8 million for the three months ended April 3, 2010 as compared to $12.8 million in the comparable period last year. Diluted earnings per share increased 151.3% to $0.98 for the three months ended April 3, 2010 as compared to $0.39 for the comparable period of 2009.

Net Income Attributable to Regal Beloit Corporation for the three months ended April 3, 2010 was $37.8 million, an increase of 195.3% versus the $12.8 million reported in 2009. Fully diluted earnings per share was $0.98 as compared to $0.39 reported for the three months ended March 28, 2009. The average number of diluted shares was 38,622,314 during the three months ended April 3, 2010 as compared to 32,594,802 during the three months ended March 28, 2009.

Net Income Attributable to Regal Beloit Corporation for the three months ended March 28, 2009 was $12.8 million, a decrease of 59.3% versus the $31.4 million reported in the comparable period of 2008. Fully diluted earnings per share was $0.39 as compared to $0.95 per share reported in 2008. The average number of diluted shares was 32,594,802 during the three months ended March 28, 2009 as compared to 33,117,034 during the comparable period of 2008.

Cash flow used in investing activities was ($40.3) million in 2010, $31.0 million more than in 2009 driven by the net purchase of investment securities of $29.1 million. Capital spending increased to $11.2 million in 2010 from $8.1 million a year earlier.

Cash flow used in financing activities was ($8.7) million in 2010 compared to cash flow provided of $8.0 million in 2009. The $16.7 million change is driven by the repayment of $4.6 million in total debt in 2010 versus the net borrowing of $10.8 million in the comparable period of 2009.

At April 3, 2010, the Company had $250.0 million of Senior notes (“the Notes”) outstanding. The Notes were sold pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and among the Company and the purchasers of the Notes. The Notes were issued and sold in two series: $150.0 million in Floating Rate Series 2007A Senior Notes, Tranche A, due August 23, 2014, and $100.0 million in Floating Rate Series 2007A Senior Notes, Tranche B, due August 23, 2017. The Notes bear interest at a margin over the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), which margin varies with the ratio of the Company s consolidated debt to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, deprecation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) as defined in the Agreement. These interest rates also vary as LIBOR varies. The Agreement permits the Company to issue and sell additional note series, subject to certain terms and conditions described in the Agreement, up to a total of $600.0 million in combined Notes.

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