---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-015445"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:14:37.747334+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Q2 sales $71.7M, up 1.3% YoY; same-store sales drop 8.6%

## Summary
- Nightclubs sales $59.0M (+4.2% YoY); same-store sales declined 5.7%.
- Bombshells sales $12.8M (-10.4% YoY); same-store sales fell 20.5%.
- Repurchased 27,265 shares for $1.5M in Q2; remaining authorization $13M.
- New $20M bank loan at 8.25% fixed, 10-year, secured by 9 properties appraised at $31.6M.
- Development: PT's Centerfold opened in Lubbock; Scarlett's received 24-hr liquor license; Bombshells locations expected late summer 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-015445
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-09T23:59:59+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/935419/000162828024015445/0001628280-24-015445-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024015445/rick-20240409.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC. reported second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $71.7 million.
  - Period: second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $71.7 million
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RICK) reported sales for its Nightclubs and Bombshells restaurants for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2024 of $71.7 million, an increase of 1.3% or $0.9 million compared to the year-ago period.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024015445/0001628280-24-015445-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.