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World Acceptance's CEO Discusses F4Q13 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2013 Results

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Apr 11, 2013)
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World Acceptance's CEO Discusses F3Q13 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 30
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Third Quarter

Business Wire (Jan 30, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Third Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Jan 16, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Second Quarter

Business Wire (Oct 25, 2012)
An Investment Opportunity With 50%-Plus Potential: World Acceptance Corp.
Gregory Vousvounis • Wed, Oct 17, 2012 • 6 Comments
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Second Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

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World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record First Quarter

PR Newswire (Jul 26, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces First Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Jul 12, 2012)
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Gregory Vousvounis • Wed, Oct 17, 2012 • 6 Comments
World Acceptance Corp - Reasons To Buy
Vytautas Drumelis • Tue, May 1, 2012 • 6 Comments
World Acceptance Stock Buyback: A Short Opportunity
Daniel Epstein • Wed, Mar 21, 2012 • 14 Comments
World Acceptance Corporation - A Growth Opportunity
Intrinsic Valuation • Fri, Feb 17, 2012 • 2 Comments
World Acceptance's Lending Business Could Implode as a Result of New Consumer Regulation
Citron Research • Thu, Oct 7, 2010 • 8 Comments
World Acceptance: Will Gravity Reassert Itself?
TraderMark • Mon, Mar 1, 2010 • 6 Comments
World Acceptance Has the Goods; Citron Doesn't
Larry Meyers • Thu, Sep 24, 2009 • 16 Comments
Debunking Citron's Hit Job on World Acceptance Corp. (Part 2)
Larry Meyers • Wed, May 20, 2009 • 7 Comments
World Acceptance Corp.: Barely Legal Ponzi Scheme, Part II
Citron Research • Wed, May 13, 2009 • 5 Comments
World Acceptance Corp.: Barely Legal Ponzi Scheme, Part I
Citron Research • Fri, May 8, 2009 • 5 Comments

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ZetaKap • Mon, Jul 2, 2012
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World Acceptance's CEO Discusses F4Q13 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
World Acceptance's CEO Discusses F3Q13 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 30
World Acceptance CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 • 1 Comment
World Acceptance Corp. F1Q11 (Qtr End 06/30/10) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
World Acceptance Corporation F4Q10 (Qtr End 03/31/2010) Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, May 3, 2010
World Acceptance Corp. F1Q10 (Qtr End 6/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 29, 2009
World Acceptance Corporation, F4Q09 (Qtr End 03/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
World Acceptance Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 28, 2009
World Acceptance Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 30, 2008
World Acceptance Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, May 5, 2008

World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2013 Results

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Apr 11, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Third Quarter

Business Wire (Jan 30, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Third Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Jan 16, 2013)
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Second Quarter

Business Wire (Oct 25, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Second Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Oct 11, 2012)
Crackdown Needed in Predatory Lending

at CNBC.com (Aug 24, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record First Quarter

PR Newswire (Jul 26, 2012)
Keep an Eye on This 204% Lender

at CNBC.com (Jul 19, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces First Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

PR Newswire (Jul 12, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record Fourth Quarter And Fiscal 2012 Results

PR Newswire (Apr 26, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

PR Newswire (Apr 12, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Reports Record Third Quarter

PR Newswire (Jan 25, 2012)
World Acceptance Corporation Announces Third Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

PR Newswire (Jan 11, 2012)
Consumer board begins oversight of payday lenders

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 5, 2012)

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Company Description

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Credit Services

Country: United States

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Monday, May 20, 11:21 AM "I haven't seen anything this scummy since the worst of the subprime mortgage lenders," Whitney Tilson says of World Acceptance (WRLD +0.3%). In a letter sent out Sunday evening, Tilson (who is short the stock) applauds Pultizer prize-winning ProPublica's lengthy piece on the company and its installment loans which ProPublica says sometimes end up carrying annual rates of up to 200%. The piece also flags what it calls "useless" credit insurance products from which Citron Research (long-time WRLD detractor) claims the company derives more than half its profits. WRLD (which is heavily shorted) denies the charges and says it provides a valuable service. 1 Comment [Financials]
Monday, May 13, 3:59 PM The rest of the top 25 heavily shorted S&P 1500 stocks: ESI, GTAT, DGIT, LQDT, WRLD, JCP, GME, FRAN, SVU, ONE, AKS, CRR, EBIX, DDD, SPF, DMND, DECK, BKS, COCO, X. 7 Comments
Thursday, April 25, 6:39 AM World Acceptance (WRLD): Q1 EPS of $3.01 misses by $0.05. Revenue of $161.8M beats by $1.27M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Wednesday, January 30, 6:34 AM World Acceptance (WRLD): FQ3 EPS of $1.58 misses by $0.06. Revenue of $149.6M (+10.1% Y/Y) misses by $0.02M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: PSSI +32%. ZNGA +15%. DDD +9%. AKAM +9%. SYMC +8%.
Losers: SPR -21%. CROX -13%. FFIV -12%. LOGI -8%. FIO -7%. WRLD -7%. CLF -6%. CAB -6%. TQNT -5%. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 6:37 AM World Acceptance (WRLD): FQ2 EPS of $1.72 misses by $0.21. Revenue of $139.4M (+5.5% Y/Y) misses by $3M. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, July 26, 2012, 6:47 AM World Acceptance (WRLD): Q2 EPS of $1.63 beats by $0.13. Revenue of $132.8M (+7.8% Y/Y) misses by $1M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 12:10 PM World Acceptance (WRLD): Q1 EPS of $2.54 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $149M (+8.8% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 6:55 AM World Acceptance (WRLD): FQ3 EPS of $1.30 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $135.9M (+7.9% Y/Y) misses by $3.6M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 10:34 AM Shares of payday lenders are slammed on reports that Pres. Obama likely will make a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: CSH -4.1%, EZPW -4%, FCFS -3.4%, AEA -7.3%, DLLR -3.8%, WRLD -3.6%. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:38 AM CitronResearch continues the onslaught against World Acceptance (WRLD -4.7%), which it says "has built its entire business on loopholes." Now that it's clear the government will bring non-bank consumer lending under its umbrella, Andrew Left thinks time is running out for WRLD. 1 Comment
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:27 AM It's only time before lawmakers "collapse the shady business world" of World Acceptance (WRLD), CitronResearch says in a follow-up report to its previous expose. Shares are down another 5.8% this morning, and have fallen 28.1% since the May 7 report. Comment!
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 12:47 PM CitronResearch: World Acceptance (WRLD) is a "borderline-legal Ponzi scheme whose day of reckoning has finally come." WRLD -9.2% to $23.40. 1 Comment

Chris DeMuth Jr.
$WRLD reporting worth reading: http://bit.ly/YTAfnA
May 14, 1:22 PM
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gsterling: I don't understand what is going through someone's head when they agree to sign to those kind of terms though.
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ltfinger
Potential Downgrades (4/2/13): $TGP, $THS, $TRIP, $UGAZ, $URS, $URTY, $USD, $UWM, $VB, $VBK, $VBR, $VDE, $VIS, $WAB, $WLL, $WOR, $WRLD
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kewgardens
Anyone know what's causing WRLD to go parabolic? Is it simply QE3 or something company specific? Stock seems overextended.
9/14/12
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ZetaKap
7 Financials With Strong Profits And Analyst Backing http://bit.ly/Oe7RF1 $ACAS $BEN $CNS $MKTX $SEIC $WPC $WRLD @ZetaKap
7/2/12
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Biggest Players Within Credit Services Industry + http://t.co/goExdtx + $COF $DFS $IX $SLM $ADS $EFX $CACC $CSE $CSH $FCFS $PHH $NNI $WRLD
7/10/11
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Patrick Harden
I meant just in the Chinese RTOs...Andrew Left has a pretty good track record, only missing on Interoil (IOC) and World Acceptance (WRLD).
6/16/11
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Andrew Shapiro
$WRLD Texas bill capping fees, interest on payday loans clears Senate committee. http://bit.ly/eCMef7
4/8/11
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Andrew Shapiro
check out FDIC Small-Dollar Loan Pilot Program bringing down costs to habitual small borrowers (profitability risk to lenders like $WRLD)
10/14/10
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Andrew Shapiro
$WRLD Citron Research update report re-pans World Acceptance Corp.
10/6/10
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Kapitall
The most shorted financial stocks. When will the bad news be priced in? $AMBC $ADS $ETFCD $FBP $FTBK $HAFC $LPHI $MFGLQ.PK $SFI $WRLD
6/18/10
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$WRLD reporting worth reading: http://bit.ly/YTAfnA
May 14, 1:22 PM
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gsterling: I don't understand what is going through someone's head when they agree to sign to those kind of terms though.
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