WRLD World Acceptance Dashboard

Founded in 1962, Greenville, S.C. -based World Acceptance Corporation is one of North America's largest small-loan consumer finance companies. The company offers short and medium-term installment loans, related credit insurance and a range of ancillary financial products and services to individuals that may include those with limited access to other sources of consumer credit.

Company profile

Ticker

WRLD

Exchange

NASDAQ

Website

www.loansbyworld.com/

CEO

A. Alexander McLean

Incorporated

South Carolina

Location

South Carolina

Fiscal year end

Mar 31

Sector

Finance and Insurance > Credit Card Issuing

Industry (SIC)

Personal Credit Institutions

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SEC CIK

0000108385

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

IRS number

570425114

WRLD stock data

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News

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ONGOING INVESTIGATION ALERT: The Schall Law Firm Announces it is Investigating Claims Against World Acceptance Corporation and Encourages Investors with Losses in Excess of $100,000 to Contact the Firm

22 Mar 21

Los Angeles, California--(Newsfile Corp. - March 22, 2021) - The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors in World Acceptance

World Acceptance Corporation Reports Fiscal 2021 Third Quarter Results

22 Jan 21

Third quarter highlights: Net income of $14.5 million, a $20.8 million increase from a $6.3 million loss in same quarter prior year Net income per diluted share of $2.25, a $3.11 increase from an $0.87 per share

Calendar

5 Feb 21

21 Apr 21

31 Mar 22

Financial summary

Financial statements Chart WRLD financial data

Quarter (USD)	Dec 20	Sep 20	Jun 20	Mar 20
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Annual (USD)	Mar 20	Mar 19	Mar 18	Mar 17
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Financial data from company earnings reports.

Cash burn rate (estimated)	Burn method: Change in cash		Burn method: Operating income/loss		Burn method: FCF (opex + capex)
	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q
Cash on hand (at last report)	9.69M	9.69M	9.69M	9.69M	9.69M	9.69M
Cash burn (monthly)	1.43M	195.69K	(positive/no burn)	(positive/no burn)	(positive/no burn)	(positive/no burn)
Cash used (since last report)	5.3M	724.4K	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cash remaining	4.39M	8.97M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Runway (months of cash)	3.1	45.8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Recent insider trades

WRLD insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
16 Feb 21	Luke J. Umstetter	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Sell	Dispose S	No	Yes	134.67	200	26.93K	24,858
16 Feb 21	Darrell E Whitaker	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Sell	Dispose S	No	Yes	133.38	115	15.34K	8,124
16 Feb 21	Darrell E Whitaker	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Sell	Dispose S	No	Yes	132.45	401	53.11K	8,239
16 Feb 21	Darrell E Whitaker	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Sell	Dispose S	No	Yes	131.93	114	15.04K	8,640
10 Feb 21	Charles D Way	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Gift	Dispose G	No	No	0	200	0	15,239
9 Feb 21	Ken R Bramlett JR	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Sell	Dispose S	No	No	135.05	5,000	675.25K	35,519
9 Feb 21	Prashad R Chad	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE	Sell	Dispose S	No	No	135.03	10,490	1.42M	63,231

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price.

Institutional ownership Q4 2020

WRLD institutional ownership history Ownership history

Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.

88.4% owned by funds/institutions

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	117	117	–
Opened positions	11	10	+10.0%
Closed positions	11	9	+22.2%
Increased positions	25	22	+13.6%
Reduced positions	52	59	-11.9%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	824.39M	1.3B	-36.4%
Total shares	6.01M	6.2M	-3.0%
Total puts	8.2K	28.4K	-71.1%
Total calls	17.5K	19K	-7.9%
Total put/call ratio	0.5	1.5	-68.7%

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
Prescott General Partners	2.04M	$208.27M	0.0%
CAS Investment Partners	707.77K	$72.35M	0.0%
BLK Blackrock	637.4K	$65.16M	-8.1%
Vanguard	471.69K	$48.22M	-1.5%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	335.93K	$34.34M	-7.0%
Kize Capital	211.14K	$21.58M	NEW
General Equity	137.33K	$14.04M	-35.0%
STT State Street	135.74K	$13.88M	-8.8%
NTRS Northern Trust	125.29K	$12.81M	-9.8%
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main	106.27K	$10.74M	-1.4%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
Nantahala Capital Management	0	-212.04K	EXIT
Kize Capital	211.14K	+211.14K	NEW
AXAHF Axa	82.37K	+82.37K	NEW
General Equity	137.33K	-74K	-35.0%
Renaissance Technologies	28.6K	-65K	-69.4%
BLK Blackrock	637.4K	-56.25K	-8.1%
MS Morgan Stanley	42.81K	+30.95K	+260.8%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	335.93K	-25.39K	-7.0%
WINTON	11.32K	-19.62K	-63.4%
FHI Federated Hermes	167	-17.99K	-99.1%

Data from 13F filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

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From filing 10-Q 2021 Q3