WRLD — World Acceptance Corporation

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About World Acceptance Corporation

World Acceptance Corporation engages in consumer finance business in the United States. The company offers short-term small installment loans, medium-term larger installment loans, related credit insurance, and ancillary products and services to individuals. It also provides income tax return preparation and electronic filing services; and automobile club memberships. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$161.51
Market Cap$711M
Float2.0M
Shares Outstanding4.5M
P/E (Forward)9.61
P/E (TTM)22.65
Price/Sales (TTM)1.21
vs. Analyst Target-12.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin5.98%
Operating Margin (TTM)33.37%
Revenue (TTM)$586M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-5.30%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$141.00 (2 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2021 $528M $88.3M $416M $124M
2022 $585M $53.9M $366M $77.3M
2023 $617M $21.2M $307M $38.1M
2024 $573M $77.3M $368M $110M
2025 $565M $89.7M $396M $165M
2026 $586M $35.0M $586M $95.3M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $132M $1.3M
Sep 2025 $134M -$1.9M
Dec 2025 $141M -$912,000
Mar 2026 $178M $36.5M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership19.5%
Institutional Ownership90.6%
Short Float24.9%
% of All Funds Holding2.00%
Number of Funds Holding164

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$148.82Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$147.46Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$143.37Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$126.03Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$146.29Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$140.95Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$131.14Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$122.00 support 1.33x 2 months ago
$168.00 resistance 1.65x 6 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (123 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.03% 0.00% 43.09% 9.94% -5.40%
1 Day -0.17% -0.41% 47.15% 17.05% -13.73%
1 Week 0.83% 0.39% 51.22% 30.57% -23.18%
2 Weeks 2.08% 1.92% 59.35% 56.58% -33.84%
1 Month 2.39% 2.94% 58.20% 42.01% -37.82%

Next earnings: July 19, 2026 (50 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan4.1%65.7%35
Feb0.2%45.7%35
Mar0.2%45.7%35
Apr5.7%60.0%35
May5.1%61.8%34
Jun-0.2%50.0%34
Jul2.7%50.0%34
Aug0.8%58.8%34
Sep-2.1%41.2%34
Oct-0.5%41.2%34
Nov2.5%55.9%34
Dec3.9%65.7%35

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.06% 46.9% 1634
Tuesday 0.16% 49.0% 1784
Wednesday 0.19% 50.7% 1780
Thursday -0.02% 46.9% 1747
Friday 0.12% 46.8% 1738

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 90.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 19.5%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings16
Net Value-$5.9M
Net Shares Change-395,751
% of Float-19.4%
C-Suite Filings9
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Prescott General Partners LLC -$60.0M 1 1 sell
Prashad R Chad President and CEO -$2.7M 2 2 sell
Dyer Daniel Clinton Executive VP, Chief Branch Operations Officer -$2.1M 2 2 sell
Calmes John L Jr Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, and Treasurer -$743,937.34 2 2 sell
Whitaker Darrell E -$389,329.5 1 1 sell
Caulder Alice Lindsay SVP, Human Resources -$167,330 1 1 sell
WAY CHARLES D -$3,010.5 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-09-08 – 2025-09-18 5 5 -$62.3M 3 C-suite
2025-12-17 – 2025-12-19 3 3 -$3.2M 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-11 Calmes John L Jr Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, and Treasurer -$141,880 Transaction at $141.88, now +13.8%
2025-12-19 Prashad R Chad President and CEO -$1.2M Transaction at $147.80, now +9.3%
2025-12-17 Dyer Daniel Clinton Executive VP, Chief Branch Operations Officer -$1.3M Transaction at $149.01, now +8.4%
2025-12-19 Calmes John L Jr Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, and Treasurer -$602,057.34 Transaction at $148.58, now +8.7%
2025-09-16 Prashad R Chad President and CEO -$1.5M Transaction at $166.50, now -3.0%
2025-07-31 Dyer Daniel Clinton Executive VP, Chief Branch Operations Office -$750,288 Transaction at $159.50, now +1.3%

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