World Acceptance (WRLD) Competitors $124.86 +2.76 (+2.26%) Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$124.84 -0.02 (-0.02%) As of 04/17/2025 04:36 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WRLD vs. EZPW, ECPG, PRAA, GDOT, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, CACC, and SLMShould you be buying World Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of World Acceptance include EZCORP (EZPW), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), and SLM (SLM). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry. World Acceptance vs. EZCORP Encore Capital Group PRA Group Green Dot Regional Management American Express Capital One Financial Discover Financial Services Credit Acceptance SLM World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) and EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment. Do analysts recommend WRLD or EZPW? World Acceptance presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 91.99%. EZCORP has a consensus target price of $16.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.93%. Given EZCORP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EZCORP is more favorable than World Acceptance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score World Acceptance 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00EZCORP 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more volatility and risk, WRLD or EZPW? World Acceptance has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EZCORP has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer WRLD or EZPW? In the previous week, EZCORP had 3 more articles in the media than World Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EZCORP and 4 mentions for World Acceptance. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat World Acceptance's score of 1.52 indicating that EZCORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment World Acceptance 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive EZCORP 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WRLD or EZPW? EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than World Acceptance. World Acceptance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EZCORP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWorld Acceptance$515.56M1.39$77.35M$14.328.72EZCORP$1.18B0.74$83.10M$1.1513.85 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WRLD or EZPW? 83.6% of World Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of EZCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.2% of World Acceptance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EZCORP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is WRLD or EZPW more profitable? World Acceptance has a net margin of 14.41% compared to EZCORP's net margin of 7.25%. World Acceptance's return on equity of 19.03% beat EZCORP's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets World Acceptance14.41% 19.03% 7.55% EZCORP 7.25%11.04%5.93% Does the MarketBeat Community favor WRLD or EZPW? EZCORP received 42 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.16% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWorld AcceptanceOutperform Votes28655.53% Underperform Votes22944.47% EZCORPOutperform Votes32856.16% Underperform Votes25643.84% SummaryEZCORP beats World Acceptance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get World Acceptance News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WRLD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WRLD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWorld AcceptancePersonal credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$717.57M$5.21B$10.84B$7.35BDividend YieldN/A4.65%5.97%4.30%P/E Ratio8.7214.8521.5317.81Price / Sales1.393.5525.4397.70Price / Cash8.4511.1317.6134.64Price / Book1.686.002.563.98Net Income$77.35M$391.67M$1.03B$247.81M1 Month Performance0.02%-10.38%-4.09%-7.94%1 Year Performance-6.38%13.92%531.55%1.52% World Acceptance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WRLDWorld Acceptance2.3115 of 5 stars$124.86+2.3%$10.00-92.0%-5.6%$717.57M$515.56M8.723,120Positive NewsGap UpEZPWEZCORP2.4721 of 5 stars$15.59-0.4%$16.88+8.2%+45.4%$856.50M$1.18B13.567,000ECPGEncore Capital Group4.0337 of 5 stars$29.62+1.0%$62.67+111.6%-27.0%$701.73M$1.32B-3.776,900Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePRAAPRA Group4.072 of 5 stars$17.03+1.9%$32.00+87.9%-27.5%$672.86M$1.12B9.513,280Short Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsGDOTGreen Dot4.0641 of 5 stars$7.62+4.0%$10.75+41.1%-12.1%$413.23M$1.72B-7.261,200Short Interest ↓News CoverageRMRegional Management4.1686 of 5 stars$30.86+3.8%$35.50+15.0%+25.5%$303.42M$513.97M7.421,990Analyst DowngradeNews CoveragePositive NewsAXPAmerican Express4.8735 of 5 stars$255.57+1.8%$296.81+16.1%+15.6%$179.55B$65.95B18.2477,300Earnings ReportNews CoverageCOFCapital One Financial4.9327 of 5 stars$162.37+0.9%$206.73+27.3%+14.9%$61.94B$39.11B14.0155,900Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsDFSDiscover Financial Services4.8756 of 5 stars$159.16+1.3%$188.40+18.4%+28.7%$40.05B$17.91B9.9720,200Upcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeNews CoverageCACCCredit Acceptance2.0036 of 5 stars$497.31+0.8%$440.00-11.5%-12.0%$5.98B$2.13B25.042,250News CoveragePositive NewsSLMSLM4.9588 of 5 stars$26.10+2.5%$31.18+19.5%+28.9%$5.49B$1.85B9.851,700Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies EZCORP Competitors Encore Capital Group Competitors PRA Group Competitors Green Dot Competitors Regional Management Competitors American Express Competitors Capital One Financial Competitors Discover Financial Services Competitors Credit Acceptance Competitors SLM Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WRLD) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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