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

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

World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The credit services provider reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.05 by $1.08. The credit services provider earned $138.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $134.64 million. World Acceptance had a return on equity of 11.94% and a net margin of 12.02%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.69 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for World Acceptance's stock. 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 37.8%. 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 on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. World Acceptance earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 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 impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for World Acceptance.

World Acceptance saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,060,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the August 15th total of 1,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 146,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.2 days. Approximately 12.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View World Acceptance's Current Options Chain.

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World Acceptance's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.85%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.05%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.04%). 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 Alpha Windward LLC. 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Ingalls & Snyder 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 $122.23.

World Acceptance has a market capitalization of $1.11 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.