RCI Hospitality (RICK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the hospitality and related businesses in the United States. It operates in Nightclubs, Bombshells, and Media Group segments. The company's wholly-owned subsidiaries own and/or operates upscale adult nightclubs serving primarily businessmen and professionals under the Rick's Cabaret, Jaguars Club, Tootsie's Cabaret, XTC Cabaret, Club Onyx, Hoops Cabaret and Sports Bar, Scarlett's Cabaret, Temptations Adult Cabaret, Foxy's Cabaret, Vivid Cabaret, Downtown Cabaret, Cabaret East, The Seville, Silver City Cabaret, and Kappa Men's Club. Wholly-owned subsidiaries also operate restaurants and sports bars under the Bombshells Restaurant & Bar brand; and dance clubs under the Studio 80 brand. As of February 11, 2019, the company operated 46 units, including 39 nightclub units and 7 Bombshell units. In addition, it owns two national industry trade publications serving the adult nightclubs industry and the adult retail products industry; a national industry convention and tradeshow; and two national industry award shows, as well as approximately a dozen industry and social media Websites. The company founded in 1983 as Rick's Cabaret International, Inc., changed its name to RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. in August 2014, and is based in Houston, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $43.32 to $44.89
• 50-Day Range: $36.25 to $47.05
• 52-Week Range: $35.00 to $61.66
• Volume: 78,639 shs
• Average Volume: 85,555 shs
• Market Capitalization: $384.74 million
• P/E Ratio: 77.48
• Dividend Yield: 0.65%
• Price Target: $98.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

RCI Hospitality Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

RCI Hospitality scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 106th out of 281 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

RCI Hospitality has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

RCI Hospitality has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 39.56%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for RCI Hospitality are expected to grow by 39.56% in the coming year, from $4.55 to $6.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of RCI Hospitality is 77.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of RCI Hospitality is 77.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 15.07.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

RCI Hospitality has a P/B Ratio of 1.43. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.47% of the float of RCI Hospitality has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

RCI Hospitality has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in RCI Hospitality has recently increased by 11.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

RCI Hospitality has a dividend yield of 0.69%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

RCI Hospitality has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of RCI Hospitality is 50.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, RCI Hospitality will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.41% next year. This indicates that RCI Hospitality will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.47% of the float of RCI Hospitality has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

RCI Hospitality has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in RCI Hospitality has recently increased by 11.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.26

News Sentiment

RCI Hospitality has a news sentiment score of 1.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for RCI Hospitality this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for RICK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -62% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added RCI Hospitality to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, RCI Hospitality insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $27,111.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 8.97% of the stock of RCI Hospitality is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

53.82% of the stock of RCI Hospitality is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

RICK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have RICK shares performed this year?

RCI Hospitality's stock was trading at $57.47 at the start of the year. Since then, RICK shares have decreased by 24.5% and is now trading at $43.39.
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How were RCI Hospitality's earnings last quarter?

RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RICK) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 12th. The restaurant operator reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.39. RCI Hospitality had a net margin of 1.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.77%.
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Who are RCI Hospitality's major shareholders?

RCI Hospitality's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.59%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.75%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%) and Nuveen LLC (0.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Adw Capital Management, Llc, Eric Scott Langan, Travis Reese, Johnson Martin Elaine, Bradley Lim Chhay and Yura V Barabash.
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How do I buy shares of RCI Hospitality?

Shares of RICK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of RCI Hospitality own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that RCI Hospitality investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), American Water Works (AWK), AUO (AUOTY) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/08/2024
• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/17/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/17/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2025
• Today: 5/12/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Eating places
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:RICK
• CIK: 935419
• Web: www.rcihospitality.com
• Phone: 281-397-6730
• Fax: 281-820-1445
• Employees: 3,613
• Year Founded: 1983

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $98.00
• High Stock Price Target: $98.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $98.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +125.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.56
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 77.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.54
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $3.01 million
• Net Margins: 1.64%
• Pretax Margin: 1.53%
• Return on Equity: 1.77%
• Return on Assets: 0.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.81
• Current Ratio: 1.02
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $293.18 million
• Price / Sales: 1.31
• Cash Flow: $1.71 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.35
• Book Value: $30.31 per share
• Price / Book: 1.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 8,867,000
• Free Float: 8,072,000
• Market Cap: $384.74 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.41