---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-000918"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:47:50.121005+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI reports 1Q24 sales $73.3M (+5.9% YoY); same-store sales fell 9.8%

## Summary
- Nightclubs sales $60.6M (+8.4% YoY); same-store sales down 7.2%.
- Bombshells sales $12.7M (-4.6% YoY); same-store sales down 20.3%.
- CEO notes sequential SSS improvement through quarter; more optimistic outlook.
- Company exploring strategic alternatives for Bombshells to maximize value.
- Full 1Q24 financial results expected before February 9, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-000918
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024000918/0001628280-24-000918-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024000918/rick-20240109.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-000918.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. reported first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $73.3 million.
  - Period: first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $73.3 million
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RICK) reported sales for its Nightclubs and Bombshells restaurants of $73.3 million, an increase of 5.9% year over year, for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2023. Sales do not include non-core operations and are preliminary and subject to final closing.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024000918/0001628280-24-000918-index.htm

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