VKTX

Viking Therapeutics Inc

Oct 13 • 04:00PM ET

33.91

+0.35 1.04 %

Healthcare • Biotechnology • USA • NASD

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Index	-	P/E	-	EPS (ttm)	-1.53	Insider Own	2.98%	Shs Outstand	112.33M	Perf Week	5.05%
Market Cap	3.81B	Forward P/E	-	EPS next Y	-3.13	Insider Trans	-1.05%	Shs Float	109.09M	Perf Month	36.68%
Enterprise Value	3.01B	PEG	-	EPS next Q	-0.70	Inst Own	67.85%	Short Float	25.25%	Perf Quarter	10.46%
Income	-171.55M	P/S	-	EPS this Y	-148.19%	Inst Trans	-1.49%	Short Ratio	4.33	Perf Half Y	52.61%
Sales	0.00M	P/B	4.79	EPS next Y	-24.76%	ROA	-19.33%	Short Interest	27.54M	Perf YTD	-15.73%
Book/sh	7.08	P/C	4.72	EPS next 5Y	-	ROE	-19.99%	52W High	81.73 -58.51%	Perf Year	-45.87%
Cash/sh	7.18	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	-12.29% -23.00%	ROIC	-21.55%	52W Low	18.92 79.23%	Perf 3Y	1049.49%
Dividend Est.	-	EV/EBITDA	-	Sales past 3/5Y	- -	Gross Margin	-	Volatility	6.32% 6.19%	Perf 5Y	478.67%
Dividend TTM	-	EV/Sales	-	EPS Y/Y TTM	-63.73%	Oper. Margin	-	ATR (14)	1.89	Perf 10Y	541.02%
Dividend Ex-Date	-	Quick Ratio	25.86	Sales Y/Y TTM	-	Profit Margin	-	RSI (14)	65.61	Recom	1.12
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -	Current Ratio	25.86	EPS Q/Q	-190.03%	SMA20	20.58%	Beta	0.55	Target Price	93.93
Payout	-	Debt/Eq	0.00	Sales Q/Q	-	SMA50	15.23%	Rel Volume	0.55	Prev Close	33.56
Employees	36	LT Debt/Eq	0.00	Earnings	Jul 23 AMC	SMA200	14.41%	Avg Volume	6.36M	Price	33.91
IPO	Apr 29, 2015	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	-29.90% -	Trades		Volume	3,521,551	Change	1.04%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Apr-29-25	Initiated	Cantor Fitzgerald	Overweight	$104
Apr-08-25	Initiated	Goldman	Neutral	$30
Feb-13-25	Initiated	Scotiabank	Sector Outperform	$102
Feb-07-25	Initiated	Citigroup	Neutral	$38
Dec-02-24	Initiated	Piper Sandler	Overweight
Nov-22-24	Initiated	B. Riley Securities	Buy	$109
Nov-04-24	Reiterated	H.C. Wainwright	Buy	$90 → $102
Sep-11-24	Initiated	JP Morgan	Overweight	$80
Jun-27-24	Initiated	Morgan Stanley	Overweight	$105
May-16-24	Upgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Strong Buy	$115 → $116
Mar-26-24	Reiterated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$116 → $138
Mar-07-24	Initiated	Jefferies	Buy	$110
Feb-28-24	Reiterated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$46 → $116
May-31-23	Resumed	ROTH MKM	Buy	$32
Mar-28-23	Reiterated	Maxim Group	Buy	$15 → $25
Mar-17-23	Initiated	Stifel	Buy	$22
Jul-29-21	Resumed	BTIG Research	Buy	$20
May-25-21	Downgrade	Raymond James	Strong Buy → Outperform	$27 → $12
Jun-05-20	Initiated	BMO Capital Markets	Outperform	$14
May-05-20	Initiated	Chardan Capital Markets	Buy	$15

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04:12AM	BTIG Reiterates a Buy Rating on Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) (Insider Monkey)
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09:15AM	Can Viking Therapeutics Hold Its Edge as Obesity Rivalry Heats Up? (Zacks)
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04:12AM	Pfizer Is Buying Weight Loss Biotech Metsera. Here's Why Viking Therapeutics Shareholders May Be Cheering. (Motley Fool)
Sep-24-25 12:25PM	LLY vs. NVO: Which Obesity Drug Stock Is the Better Buy Now? (Zacks) +6.65%
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04:40AM	Prediction: Viking Therapeutics Stock Will Double in Value Within the Next 12 Months (Motley Fool)
Sep-18-25 11:20AM	LLY's Orforglipron Tops NVO's Oral Pill in Diabetes Study: What's Next? (Zacks) +12.78%
Sep-17-25 06:22PM	Biotech Breakouts: 3 Stocks With Massive Upside Potential (MarketBeat)
09:53AM	NVO Stock Rises on Upbeat Phase III Data for Cagrilintide in Obesity (Zacks)
Sep-16-25 02:04PM	Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX): A Bull Case Theory (Insider Monkey)
12:58PM	AMGN vs. VKTX: Which Biotech Stock Is the Better Obesity Play? (Zacks)
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10:02AM	Where Does VKTX Stock Stand After the Obesity Pill Setback? (Zacks)
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Sep-10-25 10:28AM	Is NVO's Major Restructuring Plan an Indication to Sell the Stock? (Zacks)
Sep-09-25 09:30AM	Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Viking Therapeutics (VKTX): Should You Buy? (Zacks)
Sep-08-25 07:33PM	Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Stock Drops Despite Market Gains: Important Facts to Note (Zacks) -5.56%
11:58AM	Jim Cramer Recommends Eli Lilly Over Viking Therapeutics (Insider Monkey)
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Sep-02-25 10:30AM	Viking Therapeutics Loses 20% in a Month: How to Play the Stock (Zacks)
Sep-01-25 10:54AM	NVO's Wegovy vs. LLY's Tirzepatide: Who Leads in Heart Risk Reduction? (Zacks)
Aug-29-25 05:45PM	Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market: Key Insights (Zacks)
04:26AM	2 Beaten-Down Stocks That Could Rocket 142% to 222% Higher, According to Wall Street Analysts (Motley Fool)
Aug-28-25 06:42PM	Why Viking Therapeutics Stock Popped Nearly 4% Today (Motley Fool)
04:30PM	Viking Therapeutics to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences (PR Newswire)
Aug-27-25 10:52AM	Novo Nordisk vs. Viking Therapeutics: Which GLP-1 Stock is a Safer Bet? (Zacks)
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08:11AM	Does Lilly's New Obesity Pill Data Put It Back in the Weight Game? (Zacks)
Aug-26-25 04:08PM	Eli Lilly's 'Surprising Development' In Obesity Just Slammed Novo Stock (Investor's Business Daily)
11:09AM	Can Novo Nordisk Offset GLP-1 Pressures With Rare Disease Wins? (Zacks)
09:47AM	Eli Lilly Scores Another Weight-Loss Win; Viking, Novo Stocks Slump (Investor's Business Daily)
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Aug-22-25 11:30AM	Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Down 23.4% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound? (Zacks)
10:21AM	Here's Why Shares in Viking Therapeutics Crashed This Week (Motley Fool)
08:49AM	Is Orforglipron Pill Setback End of the Road for LLY's Obesity Plans? (Zacks)
Aug-21-25 12:53PM	Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Rebounds on Bargain-Hunting. Are You Missing Out? (Insider Monkey)
12:05PM	Post Obesity Pill Results Reveal: Buy, Sell or Hold VKTX Stock? (Zacks)
07:39AM	Healthcare Stocks Are the Cheapest They've Been in 30 Years-and a Turnaround May Have Already Started (Barrons.com)
05:24AM	Is Beaten-Down Viking Therapeutics Stock a Buy on the Dip? (Motley Fool)
Aug-20-25 12:59PM	Here's Why Viking Therapeutics Bounced Back Today (Motley Fool) +5.46%
11:56AM	Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Slashes 42% on Huge Clinical Study Dropout Rate (Insider Monkey)
11:41AM	Viking Therapeutics' Stock Tanks on Mixed Data From Obesity Pill Study (Zacks)
09:30AM	Wall Street Analysts Think Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Is a Good Investment: Is It? (Zacks)
06:57AM	Tech selloff spreads gloom over global markets: Yahoo Finance (Yahoo Finance Video)
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Aug-19-25 07:22PM	Mizuho's Jared Holz talks Viking Therapeutics' massive stock drop on obesity pill data (CNBC TV) -42.12%
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03:56PM	Viking Therapeutics stock plunges: Weight-loss pill trial disappoints (Yahoo Finance Video)
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02:21PM	The market reaction is overdone on Viking Therapeutics, says BTIG's Justin Zelin (CNBC TV)
01:21PM	Viking Therapeutics plummets on new obesity drug data. Here's a breakdown (CNBC TV)
12:46PM	Viking Therapeutics Stock Plunges as Oral Obesity Drug Shows Higher Dropout Rates (GuruFocus.com)
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11:23AM	Viking Therapeutics Stock Plunges on Oral Weight-Loss Pill Study Results (Investopedia)
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11:16AM	Why Viking Therapeutics Stock Crashed Today (Motley Fool)
10:57AM	Viking Therapeutics stock crashes after weight-loss pill trial shows high dropout rate (Yahoo Finance)
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10:17AM	This Weight-Loss Stock Fell 40%. It Lowers the Risks for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. (Barrons.com)
09:35AM	Viking Therapeutics Slumps as Weight-Loss Pill Underwhelms (Bloomberg)
09:11AM	Viking Therapeutics' stock tumbles after results of oral weight-loss drug trial. It has company. (MarketWatch)
09:04AM	Viking Therapeutics Crashes 35% On Mixed Results For Its Weight-Loss Pill (Investor's Business Daily)
08:59AM	Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly rise after Viking obesity trial data (Investing.com)
08:31AM	This Weight-Loss Stock Fell More Than 30%. What Sent It Crashing. (Barrons.com)
08:29AM	Viking Therapeutics stock falls 37% on high dropout rate in obesity trial (Investing.com)
07:08AM	Viking Therapeutics Announces Positive Top-Line Results from Phase 2 VENTURE-Oral Dosing Trial of VK2735 Tablet Formulation in Patients with Obesity (PR Newswire)
Aug-18-25 11:43PM	Viking Therapeutics Rises as Phase 3 Trials and Oral Formulation Progress Accelerate (Insider Monkey) +5.15%
06:18PM	Why Viking Therapeutics Stock Zoomed 5% Higher Today (Motley Fool)
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Aug-13-25 02:30PM	Viking's Oral Obesity Drug Poised To Gain Ground After Eli Lilly's Orforglipron Setback: Analyst (Benzinga)
10:47AM	Novo Nordisk Rises 6% So Far in August: How to Play the Stock (Zacks)
04:10AM	The 3 Things That Matter for Viking Therapeutics Now (Motley Fool)

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company was founded by Brian Lian and Michael A. Dinerman on September 24, 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Lian Brian	President & CEO	Jul 03 '25	Sale	27.80	26,889	747,633	2,388,014	Jul 03 03:31 PM
ZANTE GREG	Chief Financial Officer	Jul 03 '25	Sale	27.76	4,266	118,428	168,660	Jul 03 03:31 PM
Mancini Marianna	Chief Operating Officer	Jul 03 '25	Sale	27.77	4,266	118,473	377,535	Jul 03 03:30 PM
GREG ZANTE	Officer	Jul 03 '25	Proposed Sale	27.76	4,266	118,428		Jul 03 01:07 PM
MARIANNA MANCINI	Officer	Jul 03 '25	Proposed Sale	27.77	4,266	118,473		Jul 03 01:05 PM
BRIAN LIAN	Officer	Jul 03 '25	Proposed Sale	27.80	26,889	747,633		Jul 03 01:01 PM
FOEHR MATTHEW W	Director	Apr 11 '25	Option Exercise	8.00	20,786	166,288	132,036	Apr 14 07:26 PM
Rouan Sarah Kathryn	Director	Mar 31 '25	Buy	24.15	1,240	29,943	1,240	Apr 02 06:29 PM
Lian Brian	President & CEO	Jan 06 '25	Sale	42.75	194,490	8,313,601	2,366,570	Jan 06 08:16 PM
Mancini Marianna	Chief Operating Officer	Jan 06 '25	Sale	42.75	54,215	2,317,599	374,134	Jan 06 08:15 PM
ZANTE GREG	Chief Financial Officer	Jan 06 '25	Sale	42.75	50,309	2,150,595	165,259	Jan 06 08:14 PM
GREG ZANTE	Officer	Jan 06 '25	Proposed Sale	42.75	50,309	2,150,594		Jan 06 05:32 PM
MARIANNA MANCINI	Officer	Jan 06 '25	Proposed Sale	42.75	54,215	2,317,599		Jan 06 05:25 PM
BRIAN LIAN	Officer	Jan 06 '25	Proposed Sale	42.75	194,490	8,313,611		Jan 06 05:16 PM
MACARTNEY LAWSON	Director	Nov 08 '24	Option Exercise	5.80	2,000	11,600	49,965	Nov 08 06:22 PM
MACARTNEY LAWSON	Director	Nov 08 '24	Sale	68.67	2,000	137,333	47,965	Nov 08 06:22 PM
LAWSON MACARTNEY	Director	Nov 08 '24	Proposed Sale	68.67	2,000	137,333		Nov 08 06:13 PM
ZANTE GREG	Chief Financial Officer	Oct 28 '24	Option Exercise	7.49	94,001	704,282	281,053	Oct 28 09:48 PM
ZANTE GREG	Chief Financial Officer	Oct 28 '24	Sale	76.61	131,687	10,089,164	149,366	Oct 28 09:48 PM
GREG ZANTE	Officer	Oct 28 '24	Proposed Sale	78.03	131,687	10,275,537		Oct 28 04:37 PM
Rouan Sarah Kathryn	Director	Oct 25 '24	Option Exercise	4.88	11,000	53,680	11,000	Oct 25 07:28 PM
Rouan Sarah Kathryn	Director	Oct 25 '24	Sale	80.89	11,000	889,790	0	Oct 25 07:28 PM
SINGLETON J MATTHEW	Director	Oct 25 '24	Option Exercise	4.48	16,000	71,680	25,500	Oct 25 07:27 PM
SINGLETON J MATTHEW	Director	Oct 25 '24	Sale	79.50	16,000	1,272,000	9,500	Oct 25 07:27 PM
Rouan Sarah Kathryn	Director	Oct 25 '24	Proposed Sale	80.86	11,000	889,430		Oct 25 04:10 PM
SINGLETON J MATTHEW	Director	Oct 25 '24	Proposed Sale	79.47	16,000	1,271,479		Oct 25 04:01 PM

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