Growth Metrics

World Acceptance (WRLD) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

World Acceptance (WRLD) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 13 consecutive years, with 0.22% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 5.0% to 0.22% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.22%, a 5.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.26%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.22% for Q4 2025 at World Acceptance, down from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.29% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.15% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.23% and a median of 0.25% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 16bps in 2021, then decreased -11bps in 2022.
  • World Acceptance's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.25% in 2021, then tumbled by -38bps to 0.16% in 2022, then surged by 57bps to 0.25% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 0.27% in 2024, then dropped by -17bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WRLD's Return on Invested Capital are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.24% (Q3 2025), and 0.27% (Q2 2025).