World Acceptance Corporation

WRLD Financial Credit Services

World Acceptance Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $585.2 million, up 3.72% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.85%, EPS grew 432.0%, free cash flow grew 9.97% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

171.66 0.71 −0.41%
Market cap
$803.8M
P/E
20.3×
Fwd P/E
15.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 29.23
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 3 — — 1 1 1 5 1 4 — —
Insider Ownership 15.63%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 803.80
Revenue 591.60
Net Income 39.11
Free Cash Flow 262.01
Net Debt 439.67
Current Ratio 13.49
Debt/Equity 1.29
P/E ratio 20.29
Fwd P/E 15.20
P/S ratio 1.30
P/B ratio 2.13
Past 5Y EPS Growth (12.03%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 89.10% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 14.87%
Next Y revenue growth 4.77%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 35.76% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 74.75%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 48.43%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 78.33%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 12 10 29 28
Receivables 3 — 2 8
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
862 823 874 880
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 54 42 38 65
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
54 43 38 65

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 0.49% 2.08% (1.73%)
Cash Flow 2.33% 2.71% (3.83%)
Earnings (8.85%) (17.09%) 17.66%
Book Value (1.10%) (2.82%) (3.05%)

Revenue $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 139 — — — —
’26 133 134 141 177 585
’25 130 131 139 165 564
’24 139 137 138 159 573
’23 158 151 147 161 617
’22 130 138 149 169 585
’21 124 124 131 149 528
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 64 — — — —
’26 58 49 58 95 259
’25 48 54 61 91 254
’24 60 63 59 84 266
’23 58 78 69 86 292
’22 49 58 60 105 272
’21 52 28 51 96 227
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 63 — — — —
’26 58 48 57 94 256
’25 47 53 61 90 251
’24 58 62 58 82 260
’23 57 77 68 85 286
’22 48 54 58 102 265
’21 48 29 41 93 211
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 1.33 — — — —
’26 0.25 (0.38) (0.19) 7.70 6.97
’25 1.79 3.99 2.45 8.13 16.30
’24 1.62 2.71 2.84 6.09 13.19
’23 (1.53) (0.11) 0.98 4.37 3.60
’22 2.44 1.94 1.14 2.97 8.47
’21 2.24 1.96 2.25 6.96 13.23
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to March

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 42.01 80.35 84.56 43.16 100.71 58.44 63.75 101.85 104.99 110.00

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 88.26 125.14 175.78 124.02 265.75 243.24 160.07 149.31 185.48 227.68
People
People Employees 4,851 3,419 3,624 3,744 3,175 3,121 3,075 2,872 2,838 2,907
Revenue/emp, $m 0.10 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 491 503 545 590 528 585 617 573 564 585
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 106 97 90 35 111 66 27 99 111 45
EBT margin, % 21.59 19.27 16.51 5.92 21.10 11.21 4.40 17.28 19.73 7.73
Net income 74 54 37 28 88 54 21 77 89 35
Depreciation 9 9 9 37 32 34 28 27 25 25
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 56.38 57.18 60.55 76.75 81.30 96.37 107.24 99.64 103.99 118.43
Earnings 8.38 5.99 4.05 3.86 13.23 8.47 3.60 13.19 16.30 6.97
Cash flow 25.20 24.80 27.20 36.55 34.95 44.87 50.71 46.23 46.85 52.49
Capex (1.17) (1.23) (2.17) (3.31) (2.45) (1.16) (0.92) (0.97) (0.58) (0.63)
Free cash flow 24.03 23.57 25.03 33.24 32.50 43.71 49.79 45.26 46.27 51.87
Book value 52.96 61.55 61.39 53.59 62.35 61.43 67.01 73.83 80.55 71.04
Shares, m 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 5 5
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 6.17 17.42 29.10 14.56 9.68 22.60 22.46 10.48 7.74 18.30
P/S 0.92 1.81 1.98 0.71 1.60 1.99 0.78 1.39 1.22 1.14
P/B 0.98 1.68 1.96 1.02 2.08 3.12 1.24 1.88 1.57 1.90
EV/Sales 1.49 2.28 2.43 1.46 2.33 3.14 1.72 2.24 1.99 1.85
EV/FCF 3.49 5.52 5.88 3.36 5.84 6.99 3.74 5.00 4.54 4.28
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 219 218 245 281 227 272 292 266 254 259
Capex (10) (11) (20) (25) (16) (7) (5) (6) (3) (3)
Free cash flow 209 207 225 256 211 265 286 260 251 256
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 667 644 714 752 697 939 851 808 780 836
Total debt 295 245 252 451 405 692 595 496 447 444
Net debt 280 232 243 439 389 673 579 484 437 415
Shareholders’ equity 461 541 552 412 405 373 385 424 437 351
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 9.16 6.54 4.39 2.99 8.90 4.96 1.82 7.09 8.64 3.35
ROIC 8.94 7.83 7.07 2.56 8.77 3.92 1.76 6.81 7.96 3.69
ROE 17.26 10.71 6.81 5.84 21.61 13.86 5.60 19.03 20.72 8.78
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Mar 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

World Acceptance Corporation vs peers in Credit Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ATLC Atlanticus Holdings Corporation $1.4B 9.6× 8.8× +88.84% (above 0%: growing) +67.38% (above 0%: growing) +112.08% (above 0%: growing) 83.42% 0.00% Compare
JCAP Jefferson Capital, Inc. $1.2B 8.4× 6.3× +16.26% (above 0%: growing) −96.40% (below 0%: shrinking) −45.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 63.06% 45.87% Compare
NAVI Navient Corporation $896.6M — (loss-making) 10.6× −11.91% (below 0%: shrinking) +92.86% (above 0%: growing) +13.49% (above 0%: growing) 21.13% 0.00% Compare
WRLD World Acceptance Corporation $803.8M 20.3× 15.2× +4.85% (above 0%: growing) +432.00% (above 0%: growing) +9.97% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 13.88%
PRAA PRA Group, Inc. $751.1M — (loss-making) 6.0× +29.37% (above 0%: growing) +40.74% (above 0%: growing) −172.63% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 41.19% Compare
LU Lufax Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR $740.9M — (loss-making) 2.4× −4.84% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −225.59% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 68.30% Compare
QFIN Qfin Holdings Inc. - Sponsored ADR $709.5M 1.3× 3.6× −27.81% (below 0%: shrinking) −72.53% (below 0%: shrinking) −55.53% (below 0%: shrinking) 81.04% 36.17% Compare
GDOT Green Dot Corporation $698.6M — (loss-making) 11.6× +18.19% (above 0%: growing) n/m +61.21% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% (0.13%) Compare
OPFI OppFi Inc. $491.7M 1.7× 4.3× −14.04% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −3.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 86.77% 37.69% Compare
Median of peers $746.0M 5.0× 6.1× +5.71% +40.74% −24.74% 85.10% 36.93%

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World Acceptance Corporation (WRLD) key facts

  • Strength: World Acceptance Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $585.2 million, up 3.72% from fiscal 2025.
  • World Acceptance Corporation (WRLD) is a Credit Services company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, WRLD traded at $171.66, a market capitalization of $803.8 million.
  • Return on equity was 8.78% and debt-to-equity 1.29.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 for fiscal 2026.

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