In a sliding market, Regal Rexnord has defied the odds, trading up to $191.40 per share. Its 33.2% gain since October 2025 has outpaced the S&P 500’s 2.8% drop. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

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Why Is Regal Rexnord Not Exciting?

We’re glad investors have benefited from the price increase, but we're swiping left on Regal Rexnord for now. Here are three reasons we avoid RRX and a stock we'd rather own.

1. Core Business Falling Behind as Demand Plateaus

We can better understand Engineered Components and Systems companies by analyzing their organic revenue. This metric gives visibility into Regal Rexnord’s core business because it excludes one-time events such as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures along with foreign currency fluctuations - non-fundamental factors that can manipulate the income statement.

Over the last two years, Regal Rexnord failed to grow its organic revenue. This performance was underwhelming and implies it may need to improve its products, pricing, or go-to-market strategy. It also suggests Regal Rexnord might have to lean into acquisitions to accelerate growth, which isn’t ideal because M&A can be expensive and risky (integrations often disrupt focus).

2. Recent EPS Growth Below Our Standards

Although long-term earnings trends give us the big picture, we like to analyze EPS over a shorter period to see if we are missing a change in the business.

Regal Rexnord’s EPS grew at a weak 2.6% compounded annual growth rate over the last two years. On the bright side, this performance was higher than its 2.6% annualized revenue declines and tells us management adapted its cost structure in response to a challenging demand environment.

3. Previous Growth Initiatives Haven’t Impressed

Growth gives us insight into a company’s long-term potential, but how capital-efficient was that growth? A company’s ROIC explains this by showing how much operating profit it makes compared to the money it has raised (debt and equity).

Regal Rexnord historically did a mediocre job investing in profitable growth initiatives. Its five-year average ROIC was 4.4%, lower than the typical cost of capital (how much it costs to raise money) for industrials companies.

Final Judgment

Regal Rexnord isn’t a terrible business, but it doesn’t pass our bar. With its shares topping the market in recent months, the stock trades at 17.5× forward P/E (or $191.40 per share). While this valuation is reasonable, we don’t really see a big opportunity at the moment. We're fairly confident there are better investments elsewhere. We’d suggest looking at the most entrenched endpoint security platform on the market.

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