NASDAQ:WRLD - World Acceptance Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding World Acceptance Corp. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $93.76 +1.45 (+1.57 %) (As of 12/6/2019 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$93.27Now: $93.76▼$95.8050-Day Range$91.33MA: $103.92▼$132.6952-Week Range$89.63Now: $93.76▼$175.78Volume69,900 shsAverage Volume105,196 shsMarket Capitalization$742.11 millionP/E Ratio11.68Dividend YieldN/ABeta2.3 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email World Acceptance Corporation engages in small-loan consumer finance business. The company offers short-term small and medium-term larger installment loans, as well as related credit insurance and ancillary products and services to individuals. It also provides automobile club memberships to its borrowers; and income tax return preparation and electronic filing services. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Personal credit institutions Sub-IndustryConsumer Finance SectorFinance Current SymbolNASDAQ:WRLD Previous Symbol CUSIP98141910 CIK108385 Webhttp://www.loansbyworld.com/ Phone864-298-9800Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.62 Current Ratio19.33 Quick Ratio19.32Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio11.68 Forward P/E Ratio16.19 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$544.54 million Price / Sales1.36 Cash Flow$8.48 per share Price / Cash Flow11.06 Book Value$57.38 per share Price / Book1.63Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$8.03 Net Income$37.24 million Net Margins9.92% Return on Equity11.02% Return on Assets5.85%Miscellaneous Employees3,624 Outstanding Shares7,915,000Market Cap$742.11 million Next Earnings Date1/30/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive WRLD News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for WRLD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. NASDAQ:WRLD Rates by TradingView World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) Frequently Asked Questions What is World Acceptance's stock symbol? World Acceptance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WRLD." How were World Acceptance's earnings last quarter? World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The credit services provider reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.63. The credit services provider earned $141.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $145.72 million. World Acceptance had a net margin of 9.92% and a return on equity of 11.02%. The business's revenue was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.56 earnings per share. View World Acceptance's Earnings History. When is World Acceptance's next earnings date? World Acceptance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for World Acceptance. What price target have analysts set for WRLD? 2 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for World Acceptance's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate World Acceptance's share price to reach $76.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for World Acceptance. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for World Acceptance? 2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for World Acceptance in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for World Acceptance. Has World Acceptance been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about WRLD stock has trended very positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. World Acceptance earned a news impact score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for World Acceptance. Are investors shorting World Acceptance? World Acceptance saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,310,000 shares, an increase of 21.3% from the September 15th total of 1,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 150,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.7 days. Currently, 15.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View World Acceptance's Current Options Chain. Who are some of World Acceptance's key competitors? Some companies that are related to World Acceptance include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Pra Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI). What other stocks do shareholders of World Acceptance own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other World Acceptance investors own include Prudential Financial (PRU), Concert Pharmaceuticals (CNCE), Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals (EYPT), Netflix (NFLX), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Tesla (TSLA), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Square (SQ), CEL-SCI (CVM) and TransEnterix (TRXC). Who are World Acceptance's key executives? World Acceptance's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Ravin Chad Prashad, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 38)Mr. John L. Calmes Jr., Exec. VP, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer & Treasurer (Age 39)Mr. Daniel Clinton Dyer, Exec. VP & Chief Branch Operations Officer (Age 46)Mr. Jeff L. Tinney, Sr. VP of Western Division (Age 56)Scott McIntyre, Sr. VP of Accounting Who are World Acceptance's major shareholders? World Acceptance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.44%), Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.85%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.30%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.22%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.22%) and Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management (0.20%). Company insiders that own World Acceptance stock include Alice Lindsay Caulder, Jason E Childers, R Chad Prashad and Scott Mcintyre. View Institutional Ownership Trends for World Acceptance. Which major investors are selling World Acceptance stock? WRLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, State Street Corp, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Barclays PLC, Hancock Whitney Corp, California State Teachers Retirement System, Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold World Acceptance company stock in the last year include Alice Lindsay Caulder, Jason E Childers, R Chad Prashad and Scott Mcintyre. View Insider Buying and Selling for World Acceptance. Which major investors are buying World Acceptance stock? WRLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Financial Architects Inc, Rhumbline Advisers, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY and Ingalls & Snyder LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for World Acceptance. How do I buy shares of World Acceptance? Shares of WRLD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is World Acceptance's stock price today? One share of WRLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.76. How big of a company is World Acceptance? World Acceptance has a market capitalization of $742.11 million and generates $544.54 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $37.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.03 on an earnings per share basis. World Acceptance employs 3,624 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About World Acceptance. What is World Acceptance's official website? The official website for World Acceptance is http://www.loansbyworld.com/. How can I contact World Acceptance? World Acceptance's mailing address is 108 FREDRICK STREET, GREENVILLE SC, 29607. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 864-298-9800. MarketBeat Community Rating for World Acceptance (NASDAQ WRLD)Community Ranking: 2.0 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 240 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 352 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 592MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about World Acceptance and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe WRLD will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe WRLD will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 12/6/2019 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What is a Roth IRA?