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WRLD: World Acceptance Cp - Stock Quote Enter Ticker:
 

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WORLD ACCEPTANCE CP (NASD)
WRLD 29.20 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  0 N/A ET

Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 10.31 - 30.87
Avg Volume 205,829
Industry FIN-CONS LOANS
Market Cap 473.97 M
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 7.08
PEG Ratio N/A
Current Year Est. 4.13
EPS Last Year 3.95
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.50
ABR (Last Week) 1.50
# of Recs in ABR 4
Average Target Price 34.50
Industry Rank by ABR 136 out of 217
Rank in Industry 2 out of 14
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3 stars Hold 40%
2 stars Sell 20%
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR WRLD
Zacks Equity Research: Report for WRLD
Nov 16, 2009
Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers: Top Performer for Thurs: World Acceptance (WRLD)
Aug 06, 2009
Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers: Top Performer for Tuesday: World Acceptance (WRLD)
May 26, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks.com featured expert Kevin Matras highlights: Advent Software, Inc., DG FastChannel, Inc., Dolby Laboratories Inc., Panera Bread Company and World...
Apr 14, 2009
Screen of the Week: Sales at the Expense of Profits Doesn't Work
Apr 14, 2009
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NEWS
World Acceptance Up 37.6% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation
Nov 23, 2009
World Acceptance Up 26.3% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation
Nov 15, 2009
World Acceptance Up 22.3% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation
Nov 05, 2009
WRLD: Q2 Earnings Call @ 10:00 ET Today [delayed]
Oct 29, 2009
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record Second Quarter
Oct 29, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
03/2010
Next Year
03/2011
Average Estimate 0.66 1.76 4.13 4.56
Number of Estimates 4 4 4 4
Low Estimates 0.62 1.67 4.00 4.45
High Estimate 0.71 1.88 4.28 4.63
Year Ago EPS 0.53 1.72 3.69 4.13
EPS Growth 25.00% 2.47% 11.79% 10.48%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
World Acceptance Corporation is engaged in the small-loan consumer finance business, offering short-term small loans, medium-term larger loans, related credit insurance and ancillary products and services to individuals.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.95
Sales 393.7
Net Income 67.23
Price/Earnings 7.39
Price/Book 1.44
Price/Cash Flow 6.87
Price/Sales 1.13


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