WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP short interest in 2018

In 2018, WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP's disclosed short interest ran from 13.87% of shares outstanding on 12 Jan 2018 to 8.42% on 31 Dec 2018, a change of -5.45 percentage points. The year's high was 13.87% on 12 Jan 2018 and its low 6.79% on 14 Sep 2018, averaging 9.50% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 20.39 days on 13 Jul 2018. Full history: WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP.

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Short position data for WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP short interest in 2018: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/us/company/wrld/2018/

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@misc{howshorted-world-acceptance-corp-short-interest-in--2018-12-31,
  title        = {WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP short interest in 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/wrld/2018/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

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2018 in figures

Start of year: 13.87% (12 Jan 2018)
End of year: 8.42% (31 Dec 2018)
Change: -5.45 pp
High: 13.87% (12 Jan 2018)
Low: 6.79% (14 Sep 2018)
Average: 9.50%
Highest days to cover: 20.39 (13 Jul 2018)
SEC filings marked: 8

Every report in 2018

WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP short interest in 2018
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
12 Jan 2018	13.87%	16.59
31 Jan 2018	13.07%	5.95	results (8-K)
15 Feb 2018	12.76%	8.02	10-Q filed
28 Feb 2018	11.63%	11.21
15 Mar 2018	11.14%	13.98
29 Mar 2018	11.22%	13.58
13 Apr 2018	10.47%	18.48
30 Apr 2018	10.40%	15.58
15 May 2018	9.84%	9.58	results (8-K)
31 May 2018	10.20%	16.37
15 Jun 2018	10.10%	19.27	10-K filed
29 Jun 2018	10.15%	19.23
13 Jul 2018	9.68%	20.39
31 Jul 2018	8.91%	9.08	results (8-K)
15 Aug 2018	7.97%	12.37	10-Q filed
31 Aug 2018	6.93%	9.00
14 Sep 2018	6.79%	13.33
28 Sep 2018	6.96%	13.41
15 Oct 2018	7.62%	13.07
31 Oct 2018	7.44%	14.82
15 Nov 2018	7.36%	14.23	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Nov 2018	7.49%	13.47
14 Dec 2018	7.51%	12.25
31 Dec 2018	8.42%	8.21

About this data

US short interest data: FINRA (finra.org), shown as reported shares short divided by SEC-reported shares outstanding for each settlement date. FINRA® is a registered trademark of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by FINRA or the SEC; displayed for personal reference, bulk redistribution is not permitted (see terms). Nothing here is investment advice. Method: methodology.