NASDAQ:WRLD - World Acceptance Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 10th. The credit services provider reported $3.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.94 by $0.24. The credit services provider had revenue of $151.86 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $147.04 million. World Acceptance had a return on equity of 13.82% and a net margin of 9.78%. World Acceptance's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.64 earnings per share. View World Acceptance's Earnings History.

World Acceptance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for World Acceptance.

3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for World Acceptance's stock. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate World Acceptance's share price to reach $70.6667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for World Acceptance.

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Media headlines about WRLD stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. World Acceptance earned a news impact score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 47.02 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

World Acceptance's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.93%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.09%), Indus Capital Partners LLC (2.73%), LSV Asset Management (1.63%), Northern Trust Corp (1.62%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.92%). Company insiders that own World Acceptance stock include Daniel Clinton Dyer, Darrell E Whitaker, Jackie C Willyard and Tara Elizabeth Bullock. View Institutional Ownership Trends for World Acceptance.

WRLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Federated Investors Inc. PA, California Public Employees Retirement System, Spark Investment Management LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Royal Bank of Canada and New York State Common Retirement Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for World Acceptance.

WRLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WINTON GROUP Ltd, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., Indus Capital Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Mackay Shields LLC and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WRLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $124.03.

World Acceptance has a market capitalization of $1.09 billion and generates $548.71 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $53.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.71 on an earnings per share basis. World Acceptance employs 3,419 workers across the globe.

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.