---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-034131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T03:10:02.437921+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Hospitality reports Q4 preliminary sales $74.1M (+5.6% YoY); same-store sales decline 10.5%

## Summary
- Nightclub sales $60.5M (+7.5% YoY), boosted by $9.2M from acquisitions; SSS fell 9.6%.
- Bombshells restaurant sales $13.6M (-2.2% YoY); 14.1% SSS decline.
- Full Q4 and fiscal 2023 results expected on or around December 14, 2023.
- Repurchased 32,586 shares for $2.13M during Q4; $16.6M remaining authorization.
- Colorado casino plans still in permitting stage; targeting FY24 opening.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-034131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023034131/0001628280-23-034131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023034131/rick-20231010.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-034131.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. reported the fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $74.1 million.
  - Period: the fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $74.1 million
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RICK) reported sales for its Nightclubs and Bombshells restaurants of $74.1 million, an increase of 5.6% year over year, for the fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023034131/0001628280-23-034131-index.htm

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