---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-000857"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T16:48:41.115170+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI reports 1Q23 club & restaurant sales $69.2M, up 13.3% YoY; same-store sales decline 2.7%

## Summary
- Nightclubs sales $55.9M (+20.7% YoY); same-store up 1.2%. Bombshells $13.3M (-9.7%); same-store down 13.9%.
- 1Q23 includes $15.3M from 15 clubs acquired in FY22; five more clubs acquired in 2Q23.
- RCI bought back 1,500 shares for ~$97.5k at avg $65.02 in 1Q23.
- Full 1Q23 financial results expected by Feb 9, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-000857
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023000857/0001628280-23-000857-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023000857/rick-20230110.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-000857
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-000857.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. reported the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $69.2 million.
  - Period: the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $69.2 million
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RICK) reported sales for its Nightclubs and Bombshells restaurants of $69.2 million for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022, a 13.3% year-over-year increase. Sales do not include non-core operations and are preliminary and subject to final closing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023000857/0001628280-23-000857-index.htm

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