---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-031665"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T21:58:03.328078+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI reports 3Q24: nightclub sales up 0.7%, Bombshells down 8.9%; buyback increased $25M

## Summary
- Nightclubs sales $62.4M (+0.7% YoY); same-store sales +1.7%, first quarterly increase since 2Q23.
- Bombshells sales $13.1M (-8.9% YoY); same-store sales -16.2%, but total sales up 2.7% sequentially.
- Board authorized $25.0M increase in share repurchase program; full Q3 results expected by Aug 8.
- Withdrew Colorado casino license applications; will open Rick's Cabaret & Steakhouse without gambling.
- Hurricane Beryl: most Houston-area clubs/restaurants reopened; a few await power restoration; minor damage.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-031665
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024031665/0001628280-24-031665-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828024031665/rick-20240711.htm

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