---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-003872"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T06:16:09.690567+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Q1 revenue up 5.6% to $73.9M but EPS drops to $0.77 from $1.11 YoY

## Summary
- Total revenues $73.9M, up from $70.0M in prior-year quarter.
- GAAP EPS $0.77 vs $1.11 YoY; non-GAAP EPS $0.87 vs $1.19 YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $17.5M vs $20.5M YoY, a decline of $3M.
- Net income attributable to common stockholders $7.2M vs $10.2M.
- Free cash flow $12.7M vs $13.0M; net cash from ops $13.6M vs $14.9M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-003872
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/935419/000162828024003872/0001628280-24-003872-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024003872/rick-20240208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-003872
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-003872.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-003872.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. reported financial results for fiscal 2024 first quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: fiscal 2024 first quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 8, 2024, we issued a press release announcing results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023, and the filing of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for that quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024003872/0001628280-24-003872-index.htm

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