NASDAQ:WRLDWorld Acceptance Stock Price, Forecast & News

World Acceptance's stock was trading at $64.22 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WRLD shares have increased by 34.5% and is now trading at $86.37.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for World Acceptance in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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World Acceptance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The credit services provider reported $2.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $1.84. The credit services provider had revenue of $123.87 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $140.44 million. World Acceptance had a net margin of 6.53% and a return on equity of 14.91%.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for World Acceptance's stock. Their forecasts range from $87.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate World Acceptance's stock price to reach $87.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about WRLD stock have trended positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. World Acceptance earned a daily sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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World Acceptance saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,770,000 shares, an increase of 10.6% from the January 31st total of 1,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 90,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 19.6 days. Approximately 25.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.50%), Nantahala Capital Management LLC (4.99%), Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.98%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.94%), Federated Hermes Inc. (0.79%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.61%). Company insiders that own World Acceptance stock include Alice Lindsay Caulder, Jason E Childers, R Chad Prashad and Scott Mcintyre.
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WRLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Bank of America Corp DE, Tudor Investment Corp Et Al, Principal Financial Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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.
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WRLD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Federated Hermes Inc., Nantahala Capital Management LLC, Captrust Financial Advisors, SG Americas Securities LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Trexquant Investment LP, Swiss National Bank, and Bank of Montreal Can.
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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 $86.37.

World Acceptance has a market capitalization of $640.87 million and generates $590.14 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $28.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.59 on an earnings per share basis. World Acceptance employs 3,744 workers across the globe.

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

World Acceptance's mailing address is 104 S MAIN STREET, GREENVILLE SC, 29601. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 864-298-9800.