World Acceptance (WRLD) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for World Acceptance in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "sell" WRLD shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for World Acceptance's stock. Their WRLD share price forecasts range from $56.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $57.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 54.3%.
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World Acceptance's stock was trading at $65.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WRLD stock has increased by 90.9% and is now trading at $125.85.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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World Acceptance Co. (NASDAQ:WRLD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 21st. The credit services provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.49. The credit services provider earned $139.32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $139.02 million. World Acceptance had a net margin of 6.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.13%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.15 earnings per share.

Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF holds 14,920 shares of WRLD stock, representing 0.91% of its portfolio.

18 employees have rated World Acceptance Chief Executive Officer R. Chad Prashad on Glassdoor.com. R. Chad Prashad has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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World Acceptance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WRLD."

World Acceptance's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.45%), State Street Corp (2.22%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.34%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Alice Lindsay Caulder, Charles D Way, Clifford Sosin, Daniel Clinton Dyer, Darrell E Whitaker, Jason E Childers, John L Calmes Jr, Ken R Bramlett Jr, Luke J Umstetter, R Chad Prashad and Scott Mcintyre.
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One share of WRLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.85.

World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) has a market capitalization of $785.30 million and generates $616.55 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $21.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.73 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,075 workers across the globe.

World Acceptance's mailing address is 108 FREDRICK STREET, GREENVILLE SC, 29606. The official website for the company is www.loansbyworld.com. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at (864) 298-9800 or via fax at 864-298-9810.