Forbes compiled the list by combining measurements of one and five year stock market returns, sales and earnings-per-share growth and debt-to-capital ratios. Additionally, by implementing Thomson IBES consensus forecasts along with accounting and governance scores provided by Audit Integrity of New York and Los Angeles, Forbes was able to identify those companies with outstanding measures. The magazine’s editors reviewed 1,000 companies with revenues at or above $1 billion.

Listed under “Capital Goods,” Regal Beloit posted a 14.6% average sales growth followed by a 7.4% average earnings-per-share increase, each measured over five years. The company ranked 168 out of 400, or in the top 42% of the list.

“From 26 industry sectors, our writers and editors selected these best-managed companies, not only for their outstanding financial performance, but also for leadership, innovation and execution,” Forbes wrote.  For more information on how RBC earned its placement on the Best Big Companies in America list, refer to www.forbes.com/platinum/.

Regal-Beloit Corporation is a leading manufacturer of electrical and mechanical motion control and power generation products serving markets throughout the world. Regal Beloit is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, and has manufacturing, sales, and service facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.