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WRLD — WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP

US Financials Credit & lending equity mkt cap 857.7M
188.27 +2.35% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 115.57 · high 223.83

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Performance

1 day+2.35%
1 week-3.33%
1 month+3.97%
3 months+19.08%
6 months+44.12%
Year to date+32.77%
1 year+15.14%
3 years+40.54%
5 years+4.68%

Technicals

RSI 1450.2
vs 50-day avg-1.86%
vs 200-day avg+21.46%
Volatility 1y50.7%
Max drawdown 1y-37.34%
Avg volume 30d117.8K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on WRLD

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-18Cluster sale: three or more insiders
insider
-0.36% over 21 days · t = -3.35 · n = 21,529
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-27Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-06Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-25Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-23Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-05Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-14SMITH THOMAS W
10% owner
Open-market sale72.5K187.6913.6M
2026-08-14VASSALLUZZO SCOTT J
Director
Open-market sale72.5K187.6913.6M
2026-08-14Prescott General Partners LLC
10% owner
Open-market sale72.5K187.6913.6M
2026-08-14SMITH THOMAS W
10% owner
Open-market sale42.1K187.697.9M
2026-08-14Prescott General Partners LLC
10% owner
Open-market sale42.1K187.697.9M
2026-08-14VASSALLUZZO SCOTT J
Director
Open-market sale42.1K187.697.9M
2026-08-14VASSALLUZZO SCOTT J
Director
Open-market sale10.7K187.692.0M
2026-08-14Prescott General Partners LLC
10% owner
Open-market sale10.7K187.692.0M
2026-08-14SMITH THOMAS W
10% owner
Open-market sale10.7K187.692.0M
2026-08-14VASSALLUZZO SCOTT J
Director
Open-market sale8.0K187.691.5M

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Prescott General Partners LLC204.2M1.5M
BlackRock, Inc.61.1M452.4K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP30.3M224.6K
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC20.9M155.0K
UBS Group AG18.0M133.5K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC16.0M118.4K
STATE STREET CORP16.0M118.3K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC13.9M102.9K
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC12.5M92.7K
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC12.0M89.1K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d66.4% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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