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World Acceptance WRLD

US equityMarket cap rank #3392Credit Services
$176.44 −$0.52 (-0.29%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $175.90 -0.31%
Open$172.70
Prev close$176.96
Day range$172.63 – $177.20
Volume46.3K
Market cap$822.77M
P/E (TTM)22.3
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership95.3%-4.59 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding233+1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)2 buys / 48 sellsNet selling
Short interest8.93% of floatDays to cover 6.8 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share12.9%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

8%14%20%26%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.01M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$819.6KSuper−$186.0KBig−$129.8KMid+$1.6MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 61.8% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Prescott General Partners LLC30.36%
  • Thomas Smith12.25%
  • BlackRock9.89%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.93%
  • AQR Capital Management4.41%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC2.86%
  • Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc2.50%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.35%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund44.51%
  • Hedge Fund41.60%
  • Individual/Insider18.43%
  • Public Company3.78%
  • Private Company3.21%
  • Government Pension Fund1.58%
  • Family Office/Trust0.31%
  • Insurance Company0.30%

Reported short interest has fallen from 12.40% to 8.93% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
23 Sep 2026 John Calmes Executive VP, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer and Treasurer Other Acquisition +1,960 – 50,294
13 Aug 2026 Prescott General Partners LLC Private Disposition -133,199 $187.69 1,373,237
11 Aug 2026 Jason Childers Senior Vice President of Information Technology Strategic Solutions Open Market Disposition -2,000 $190.74 12,799
9 Aug 2026 Benjamin Robinson Independent Director Open Market Disposition -90 $187.26 4,746
2 Aug 2026 Scott McIntyre Senior Vice President of Accounting Open Market Disposition -1,300 $185.00 14,660
29 Jul 2026 John Calmes Executive VP, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer and Treasurer Open Market Disposition -2,000 $186.00 48,334
1 Jul 2026 Prescott General Partners LLC Other Disposition -56,274 $219.46 1,456,150
29 Jun 2026 Charles Way Independent Director Open Market Disposition -833 $225.00 12,729
28 Jun 2026 Benjamin Robinson Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Sale -2,031 $222.77 4,836
25 Jun 2026 Charles Way Independent Director Open Market Disposition -833 $210.00 13,562
25 Jun 2026 Ravin Prashad Chief Executive Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -10,000 $205.00 –
24 Jun 2026 Daniel Dyer Executive VP & Chief Branch Operations Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -4,533 $200.00 –
24 Jun 2026 Ravin Prashad Chief Executive Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -10,000 $202.00 –
23 Jun 2026 Daniel Dyer Executive VP & Chief Branch Operations Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -4,128 $193.38 –
14 Jun 2026 Alice Caulder Officer Open Market Disposition -609 $181.00 14,682
11 Jun 2026 Luke Umstetter Senior VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary Open Market Disposition -1,000 $181.66 28,245
8 Jun 2026 Janet Matricciani Former Chief Executive Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -328 $171.71 –
2 Jun 2026 Janet Matricciani Former Chief Executive Officer Other Disposition -6,503 – 328
21 May 2026 Benjamin Robinson Independent Director Open Market Disposition -90 $160.00 4,836
12 May 2026 Janet Matricciani Former Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -264 $149.88 6,831

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 416,419 8.9% 6.8
31 Aug 2026 461,409 9.9% 6.7
14 Aug 2026 482,742 10.4% 4.9
31 Jul 2026 507,594 10.9% 3.1
15 Jul 2026 587,802 12.7% 4.9
30 Jun 2026 575,387 12.4% 5.4

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