In the latest close session, Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) was up +1.07% at $31.99. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.65%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.48%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.82%.
Shares of the company witnessed a loss of 14.94% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Medical sector with its gain of 2.08%, and the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at -$0.89, signifying a 178.13% drop compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of -$2.68 per share and a revenue of $0 million, demonstrating changes of -165.35% and 0%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Viking Therapeutics, Inc. should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.21% lower. Viking Therapeutics, Inc. currently has a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).
The Medical - Biomedical and Genetics industry is part of the Medical sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 103, this industry ranks in the top 43% of all industries, numbering over 250.
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