World Acceptance Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for World Acceptance in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" World Acceptance stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WRLD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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World Acceptance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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World Acceptance Co. (NASDAQ:WRLD) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 20th. The credit services provider reported $2.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.01 by $0.43. World Acceptance had a net margin of 16.67% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.05%.
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World Acceptance's stock was trading at $64.22 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WRLD shares have increased by 193.8% and is now trading at $188.69.
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2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for World Acceptance's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect World Acceptance's stock price to reach $98.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 47.8%.
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18 employees have rated World Acceptance CEO R. Chad Prashad on Glassdoor.com. R. Chad Prashad has an approval rating of 83% among World Acceptance's employees.

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

World Acceptance's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 6 Meridian (0.02%). Company insiders that own World Acceptance stock include Alice Lindsay Caulder, 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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WRLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian.
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One share of WRLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $188.69.

World Acceptance has a market capitalization of $1.28 billion and generates $525.53 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $88.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.23 on an earnings per share basis.

World Acceptance employs 3,175 workers across the globe.

World Acceptance was founded in 1962.

The official website for World Acceptance is www.loansbyworld.com.

World Acceptance is headquartered at 108 FREDRICK STREET, GREENVILLE SC, 29606.

World Acceptance's mailing address is 108 FREDRICK STREET, GREENVILLE SC, 29606. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at (864) 298-9800.