World Acceptance Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:WRLD)

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

World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The credit services provider reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.05 by $1.08. The credit services provider earned $138.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $134.64 million. World Acceptance had a net margin of 12.02% and a return on equity of 11.94%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.69 EPS. View World Acceptance's Earnings History.

World Acceptance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for World Acceptance.

2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for World Acceptance's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect World Acceptance's share price to reach $76.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 42.5%. View Analyst Price Targets 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.

News stories about WRLD stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. World Acceptance earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for World Acceptance.

World Acceptance saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 872,900 shares, an increase of 20.9% from the July 31st total of 722,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 128,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.8 days. Currently, 10.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View World Acceptance's Current Options Chain.

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World Acceptance's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.51%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.30%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.70%), Northern Trust Corp (1.72%), Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. (1.17%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%). 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.

WRLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, BlackRock Inc., Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Global Endowment Management LP and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.. 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.

WRLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, APG Asset Management N.V. and Jane Street Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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.

One share of WRLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $132.28.

World Acceptance has a market capitalization of $1.20 billion 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.

The official website for World Acceptance is http://www.loansbyworld.com/.

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.