---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-041583"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T13:17:54.176059+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Hospitality Q4 EPS down 80% YoY; revenue up 5.4% to $75.3M

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.23 vs $1.15; Non-GAAP EPS $1.11 vs $1.49.
- Total revenues $75.3M, up 5.4% YoY; FY revenues $293.8M up 9.8%.
- Net income Q4 $2.2M vs $10.6M; adjusted EBITDA $20.2M vs $24.2M.
- Non-cash impairment charges of $9.3M in Q4 and $12.6M in FY.
- Repurchased 37,954 shares for $2.1M in Q1 2024; $14.6M remaining authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-041583
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023041583/0001628280-23-041583-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023041583/rick-20231214.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. reported financial results for fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On December 14, 2023, we issued a press release announcing the filing of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 and announced results for the fiscal year and quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828023041583/0001628280-23-041583-index.htm

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