Hillman Solutions Corp vs RBC Bearings Inc

Hillman Solutions Corp (HLMN) is slightly undervalued and RBC Bearings Inc (RBC) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, HLMN trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +15%, against -74% for RBC.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Hillman Solutions Corp (HLMN)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $8.56; the price of $7.25 is 15% below that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 51/100 on 9 of 12 signals

RBC Bearings Inc (RBC)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.0% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $287.23; the price of $499.88 is 74% above that value, and 71% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 27/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricHLMNRBC
VerdictSlightly undervaluedOvervalued
Price$7.25$499.88
Intrinsic value$8.56$287.23
Margin of safety+15%-74%
Leak Score51/100 (9/12)27/100 (3/12)
Market cap$1.4B$15.8B
Revenue growth, 5 years2.5%25.2%
Operating margin6.6%25.2%
Net margin2.6%16.4%
Return on equity3.4%9.8%
Debt to equity0.650.25
P/E35.0x49.4x
Forward P/E10.5x30.0x
P/B1.2x4.6x

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