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How World Acceptance Corporation stacks up
WRLD · against 113 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
54/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #42 of 114 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score13 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including WRLD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 54?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.1% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 63% of peers. Return on assets: 3.6% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WRLD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WRLD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 112 reported | 7.1% | 5.1% | 67% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 57 reported | Not reported | 25.3% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 130 reported | 3.6% | 2.6% | 70% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 126 reported | 9.9% | 7.5% | 58% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 147 reported | 69.2% | 96.4% | 38% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WRLD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.5B MYR (≈$1.4B) | 96 | 57 | |
| 1 | 76.5B JPY (≈$520M) | 96 | 67 | |
| 1 | 21.21T IDR (≈$1.3B) | 96 | 93 | |
| 4 | 20.0B MXN (≈$1.1B) | 93 | 68 | |
| 5 | 8.4B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 92 | 66 | |
| 38 | 1.3B EUR (≈$1.4B) | 58 | 48 | |
| 38 | 555.6B CLP (≈$611M) | 58 | 50 | |
| 40 | 70.7B INR (≈$848M) | 56 | 55 | |
| 40 | 1.3B USD | 56 | 79 | |
| 42 | 772M USD | 54 | 51 | |
| 43 | 910M USD | 53 | 60 | |
| 44 | 455M USD | 52 | ||
| 44 | 1.2B EUR (≈$1.3B) | 52 | 59 | |
| 46 | 3.6B CNY (≈$502M) | 51 | 42 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score