World Acceptance PE ratio WRLD

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.1×
10-year median: 15.1×
Against its 10-year history: 73rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 4.7× to 56.1×
Peer median: 19.7×

World Acceptance's PE ratio is 20.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $167.04 against $8.31 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 15.1×, higher than on 73% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.7× in Nov 2016 to 56.1× in Sep 2018.

The median for 10 credit services stocks of a similar size is 19.7×.

PE ratio over time

median 15.1×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.1×	11.6×	29.4×
2025	14.1×	7.5×	14.8×
2024	7.5×	7.3×	14.7×
2023	13.5×	10.5×	51.7×
2022	28.2×	10.6×	34.9×
2021	18.1×	11.4×	22.0×
2020	15.7×	9.1×	22.4×
2019	13.5×	13.5×	45.6×
2018	40.0×	11.5×	56.1×
2017	11.0×	5.5×	11.4×
2016	7.3×	2.4×	7.6×
2015	3.0×	2.2×	9.5×
2014	8.1×	7.0×	11.7×
2013	10.5×	10.3×	12.6×
2012	10.1×	9.1×	11.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest World Acceptance's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
WRLDWorld Acceptance	20.1×
PHRPhreesia	74.7×
MAXMediaAlpha	7.4×
PAYSPaysign	57.4×
CASSCass Information Systems	19.7×
RHLDResolute Holdings Management	22.0×
PRTHPriority Technology	11.3×
QNSTQuinstreet	n/m
VELVelocity Financial	5.6×
PWPPerella Weinberg Partners	59.0×
JCAPJefferson Capital	8.3×
Peer median	19.7×

Where World Acceptance ranks

#38of 73Credit services stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.