RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

RICK Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $279.4 million, down 5.47% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+3.93%
EPS
+80.4%
Free cash flow
−3.55%
Total debt
−0.49%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

29.28 0.86 −2.85%
Market cap
$223.3M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
6.6×
Dividend yield
1.06%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.58
Beneish M
−3.11
Dividend safety
64/100

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.09
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — 2 1 — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 13.89%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 223.30
Revenue ttm 284.42
Net income ttm (3.85)
Free cash flow ttm 34.75
Net debt Q 213.68
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E 6.62
Price / sales 0.79
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 6.45
Price / book 0.94
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.56 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 1.01
Interest coverage Q 2.91
Growth
Revenue growth Q +3.93% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +48.84% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +1,218.18% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +40.46% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +16.99% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +40.00% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 16.46%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 22.22%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 17.90%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 8.29%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
1.06%
Annual rate
0.31
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2018–26
+9.05%/yr
  1. 0.12 ’18
  2. 0.13 ’19 +8
  3. 0.15 ’20 +15
  4. 0.16 ’21 +7
  5. 0.20 ’22 +25
  6. 0.24 ’23 +20
  7. 0.26 ’24 +8
  8. 0.28 ’25 +8
  9. 0.24 ’26 −14
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 21 32 34 26
Receivables 10 6 4 3
Inventory 4 5 5 5
Other 2 — 3 —
37 47 51 39
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 6 6 6 6
ST’ Debt 23 19 21 29
Other — — — —
48 48 63 69

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.51% 16.13% 1.45%
Cash Flow 11.69% 25.89% (8.50%)
Earnings 1.61% 0.00% (38.31%)
Book Value 7.34% 11.36% 2.57%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (0.57) (0.04) 0.83 — —
’25 1.01 0.36 0.46 (0.63) 1.23
’24 0.77 0.08 (0.56) 0.03 0.33
’23 1.11 0.83 0.96 0.23 3.13
’22 1.12 1.15 1.48 1.15 4.91
’21 1.07 0.68 1.37 0.26 3.37
’20 0.60 (0.37) (0.60) (0.31) (0.66)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 71 69 74 — —
’25 71 66 71 71 279
’24 74 72 76 73 296
’23 70 72 77 75 294
’22 62 64 71 71 268
’21 38 44 58 55 195
’20 48 40 15 29 132
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 8 10 11 — —
’25 13 9 14 14 49
’24 14 11 16 16 56
’23 15 17 15 12 59
’22 16 12 19 18 65
’21 6 11 15 10 42
’20 10 2 0 3 16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 5 8 10 — —
’25 8 6 10 11 35
’24 8 3 9 10 31
’23 2 7 6 3 19
’22 6 7 16 11 41
’21 5 6 11 7 28
’20 6 0 0 6 12
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 135 145 166 181 132 195 268 294 296 279 284 +8.4% 327 — — +17.0%
Gross margin, % 84.76 85.70 86.18 86.23 85.31 84.61 86.54 86.72 86.14 86.89 86.87 +2.1 pt
EBT 13 15 18 24 (7) 34 60 36 3 15 0 +2.1%
EBT margin, % 9.52 10.10 10.76 13.36 (5.14) 17.48 22.47 12.24 0.88 5.53 0.14 (4.0) pt
Net income 10 8 21 20 (6) 30 46 29 3 11 (4) +0.4%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 13.57 14.89 17.05 18.75 14.38 21.68 28.52 31.47 31.96 31.67 37.16 +9.9%
Earnings 1.12 0.85 2.23 1.99 (0.66) 3.37 4.91 3.13 0.33 1.23 (0.41) +1.0%
Cash flow 2.32 2.17 2.65 3.85 1.70 4.66 6.88 6.33 6.04 5.60 5.58 +10.3%
Capex (2.83) (1.16) (2.60) (2.14) (0.38) (1.50) (2.56) (4.33) (2.66) (1.65) (1.04) (5.8%)
Free cash flow (0.51) 1.01 0.05 1.71 1.32 3.16 4.32 2.01 3.38 3.95 4.54 n/m
Book value 13.01 13.90 15.78 17.54 16.56 19.90 25.77 30.13 28.44 29.57 31.02 +9.6%
Shares, m 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 (1.3%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 10.39 29.35 13.80 9.80 0.00 20.27 13.33 18.95 139.22 25.43 0.00 28.1
P/S 0.85 1.70 1.73 1.10 1.42 3.16 2.29 1.89 1.39 0.96 0.79 1.6
P/B 0.89 1.82 1.87 1.18 1.23 3.44 2.54 1.97 1.57 1.03 0.94 1.8
EV/Sales 1.55 2.48 2.47 1.82 2.37 3.62 2.91 2.63 2.09 1.69 1.54 2.4
EV/FCF (40.88) 36.57 810.09 19.99 25.87 24.80 19.25 41.21 19.75 13.51 12.60 97.0
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 23 21 26 37 16 42 65 59 56 49 43 +8.9%
Capex (28) (11) (25) (21) (4) (14) (24) (40) (25) (15) (8) (7.1%)
Free cash flow (5) 10 1 16 12 28 41 19 31 35 35 n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2 (5) 3 2 (6) 30 20 (11) (1) (12) (30) n/m
Net debt 95 114 123 129 126 89 166 219 206 202 214 +8.8%
Shareholders’ equity 129 135 153 169 152 179 242 281 263 261 237 +8.1%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.13 2.87 6.63 5.93 (1.70) 8.36 10.28 5.12 0.50 1.83 (0.72) (2.3) pt
ROIC 5.78 5.79 6.24 7.26 0.62 8.97 10.94 6.43 2.51 4.09 3.78 (1.7) pt
ROE 8.70 6.24 14.47 12.58 (3.78) 18.30 21.87 11.18 1.11 4.13 (1.66) (4.6) pt
People
People Employees 2,000 2,130 2,050 2,200 2,074 2,529 3,219 3,219 3,613 3,444 — +6.2%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.08 — +2.1%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. vs peers in Restaurants (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

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DIN DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. $454.2M 90.1× 12.9× +15.14% (above 0%: growing) −19.46% (below 0%: shrinking) −35.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.03% 11.61% Compare
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RICK RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. $223.3M — (loss-making) 6.6× +3.93% (above 0%: growing) +80.43% (above 0%: growing) −3.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 86.90% 17.54%
RRGB Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. $168.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −2.14% (below 0%: shrinking) −90.91% (below 0%: shrinking) +107.19% (above 0%: growing) 16.25% 2.25% Compare
HCHL Happy City Holdings Limited $117.9M — — — — −207.91% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
BDL Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc. $113.2M 17.5× 16.1× +8.30% (above 0%: growing) +48.00% (above 0%: growing) −112.34% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.12% 7.12% Compare
Median of peers $362.6M 23.7× 14.5× +6.97% −14.52% −14.66% 30.05% 6.07%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 7 July 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 1.99m 1.96m 149.49
2024 1.83m 1.67m 217.81
2023 1.87m 1.91m 296.39
2022 3.42m 3.33m 319.02
2021 1.55m 1.55m 336.19
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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