---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-001922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RICK"
cik: "0000935419"
company_name: "RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:45:15.665687+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCI Q1 club & restaurant sales $70.3M, flat YoY; same-store sales down 7.7%

## Summary
- Nightclubs total sales $61.9M (+0.9% YoY); same-store sales fell 5.8%, offset by $4.9M from 5 new clubs.
- Bombshells total sales $8.4M (-12.6%); same-store down 21.9% as new locations partly offset decline.
- Higher-margin club service revenues increased YoY; October/November sales hurt by U.S. government shutdown.
- Company stepping up Back to Basics plan: focus on same-store growth, Bombshells Rowlett opening, and asset sales.
- Sales figures exclude non-core operations and are subject to final closing; no EPS or full financials provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-001922
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RICK
- cik: 0000935419
- company_name: RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-13T23:59:59+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/935419/000162828026001922/0001628280-26-001922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935419/000162828026001922/rick-20260113.htm

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