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RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

RICK · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$279M
2025
Net Income
$11M
2025
Gross Margin
56.9%
Free Cash Flow
$35M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
2
Watch
2
Failed
-3.1
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 3 days, change -1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -31.4% vs revenue growth -5.5%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -5.5%, CFFO -11.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 3.9% vs COGS -3.9%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -40.9% vs revenue -5.5%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 55.7%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 56.9%, change -0.7pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 4.57. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 3.23

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -6.5%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 13% of debt $0.3B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 90% of equity. Over 50%

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D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 5.7x (>4x). Financial stress

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 123.1% vs revenue -5.5%

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 4% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -3.10 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-3.1
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.725
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.012
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.023
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.945
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.015
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.189
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0647
TATA
Accruals level
1.016
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

2.19
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.0202
Liquidity
0.352
Cumulative profit
0.0533
Operating efficiency
0.777
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25