WRLDWorld Acceptance Corporation

$166.30-6.4% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +2% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest8.5% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How WRLD is trading

World Acceptance Corporation is −6.4% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 22 points behind the market.

−6.4%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+2.1%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
31

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
26%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 21, 2024$108.04 – $224.41 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$166.30
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
−2.6%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
−6.4%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
−14%
vs 50-day average$180.40
−7.8%
52-week high
$224.41
52-week low
$115.57
Annualised volatility
46%
Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$292K
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+18%
2025+25%
2024−14%
2023+98%
2022−73%
2021+140%
2020+18%
2019−16%
2018+27%
2017+26%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan107 of 10+9.9%
Feb104 of 10−0.54%
Mar103 of 10−3.4%
Apr107 of 10+6.1%
May107 of 10+8.9%
Jun105 of 10+5.6%
Jul114 of 11−1.3%
Aug118 of 11+4.9%
Sep114 of 11−0.91%
Oct111 of 11−11%
Nov107 of 10+8.5%
Dec103 of 10+0.02%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.