Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)

NASDAQ: VKTX · Real-Time Price · USD
34.07
+2.44 (7.71%)
At close: Feb 21, 2025, 4:00 PM
35.10
+1.03 (3.02%)
After-hours: Feb 21, 2025, 7:59 PM EST
7.71%
Market Cap 3.80B
Revenue (ttm) n/a
Net Income (ttm) -109.96M
Shares Out 111.57M
EPS (ttm) -1.01
PE Ratio n/a
Forward PE n/a
Dividend n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Volume 15,664,429
Open 31.83
Previous Close 31.63
Day's Range 31.50 - 36.39
52-Week Range 28.64 - 99.41
Beta 0.89
Analysts Strong Buy
Price Target 97.29 (+185.56%)
Earnings Date Feb 5, 2025

About VKTX

Viking Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company’s lead drug candidate is VK2809, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRß), which is in Phase IIb clinical trials to treat patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, as well as NAFLD. It also develops VK5211, an orally available non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator that is in Phas... [Read more]

Industry Biotechnology
Sector Healthcare
IPO Date Apr 29, 2015
Employees 27
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VKTX
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Financial Statements

Analyst Forecast

According to 14 analysts, the average rating for VKTX stock is "Strong Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is $97.29, which is an increase of 185.56% from the latest price.

Price Target
$97.29
(185.56% upside)
Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 5, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Stephanie Diaz - IR Manager Brian Lian - CEO and President Greg Zante - CFO C...

16 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Viking Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2024 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

Conference call scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET today Initiation of Phase 3 Studies for Subcutaneous VK2735 for Obesity Planned for 2Q25 Phase 2 VENTURE-Oral Dosing Trial Evaluating VK2735 in Obesity Under...

16 days ago - PRNewsWire

Viking Therapeutics: Why The Oral VK2735 Phase 2 Readout Could Send The Stock Soaring

Oral VK2735 is strategically positioned to become a best-in-class oral GLP-1 therapy, with the Phase 2 trial data readout in H2 2025 serving as a critical catalyst. Phase 1 data for VK2735 represents ...

17 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Viking Therapeutics to Report Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2024 on February 5, 2025

Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, February 5 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time  SAN DIEGO , Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharma...

23 days ago - PRNewsWire

Viking Therapeutics: Investors Meeting Reality Of The Obesity Market

Viking Therapeutics has promising clinical developments in obesity, NASH/MASH, and X-ALD, but its stock fell 50% due to broader GLP-1 market concerns. Despite Eli Lilly's Q4 miss, the long-term outloo...

4 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

Why this Weight-Loss Drug Stock Could Gain 200%

There are several potential challengers to Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's obesity drugs, and Jefferies analysts see one as particularly promising.

4 weeks ago - Barrons

Top 3 Health Care Stocks That Could Blast Off This Quarter

The most oversold stocks in the health care sector presents an opportunity to buy into undervalued companies.

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4 weeks ago - Benzinga

What's next for Viking Therapeutics? Here's how the company can scale up.

Viking's obesity-drug program is progressing well. Now management is thinking about manufacturing tie-ups.

4 weeks ago - Market Watch

3 Oversold Biotech Names

High beta market sectors, including small caps and biotech, sold off significantly last week as the 10-Year Treasury yield surpassed 4.75%. The JP Morgan Healthcare event in San Francisco that opens t...

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5 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

Viking Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 2 VENTURE-Oral Dosing Trial of VK2735 Tablet Formulation in Patients with Obesity

13-Week Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Oral VK2735 Dosed Once Daily SAN DIEGO , Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biophar...

6 weeks ago - PRNewsWire

Viking Therapeutics to Present at 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

SAN DIEGO , Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and...

6 weeks ago - PRNewsWire

Viking Therapeutics, Structure Therapeutics Positioned As Key Pharma Partners For Weight Loss Products: Analyst

JPMorgan has reset the valuation for Viking Therapeutics Inc. VKTX and Structure Therapeutics Inc. GPCR.

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6 weeks ago - Benzinga

Viking Therapeutics: Competition Fears Are Exaggerated

Viking Therapeutics' VK2735 reported promising results in February, with significant weight loss, however, shares have returned to prices before reporting VENTURE Phase II results. The company's pipel...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Viking Therapeutics: Holiday Gift

Viking Therapeutics has seen a significant drop, losing 50% in value since late October, despite positive news and promising GLP-1 drug developments. The biotech's oral GLP-1 candidate VK2735 showed i...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

What's Going On With Viking Therapeutics Stock On Wednesday?

On Wednesday, Merck & Co Inc MRK and Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, entered into an exclusive global license agreement for HS-10535, an investigational preclinical oral small mole...

2 months ago - Benzinga

Viking Stock Pops, Then Drops On Latest Obesity / MASH Data - Why I'm Still Bullish

Viking Therapeutics is a strong contender in the GLP-1 obesity drug market - candidate VK2735 has the potential to challenge Eli Lilly's Zepbound and Novo Nordisk's Wegovy. The latest data from the or...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Viking Therapeutics Stock On Brink Of Death Cross As Weight Loss Hype Loses Momentum

Viking Therapeutics Inc. VKTX is nearing a pivotal moment as its stock hovers just above a potential death cross.

3 months ago - Benzinga

Biden Proposes Medicare, Medicaid Access For Popular Weight-Loss Drugs

The Biden-Harris Administration has proposed expanding Medicare and Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity medications, aiming to address the high costs that have drawn criticism. In the U.S., Novo Nordis...

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3 months ago - Benzinga

Viking Therapeutics Garners Analyst Support For NASH And Metabolic Programs

On Tuesday, Viking Therapeutics, Inc. VKTX highlighted the final results from its VOYAGE Phase 2b trial of VK2809 in patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH, also referred t...

3 months ago - Benzinga

Viking Therapeutics is more than just a weight-loss stock, and that's drawing cheers

The biotech's liver-disease treatment is also viewed as best-in-class, earning it a full slate of buy ratings from analysts.

3 months ago - Market Watch

Viking Therapeutics Presents Results from Phase 2b VOYAGE Study of VK2809 in Biopsy-Confirmed NASH/MASH at the 75th Liver Meeting® 2024

Oral Late Breaker Presentation Summarizes Positive Results Including Successful Achievement of Study's Primary and Secondary Endpoints Data Support VK2809's Best-in-Class Profile Highlighted by Robust...

3 months ago - PRNewsWire

RFK Jr.'s HHS nomination sparks concern over pharma stocks

President-elect Trump's decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sparked concerns, particularly about his skepticism toward the pharmaceutical...

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3 months ago - Yahoo Finance

RFK Jr. is not a fan of weight-loss drugs or vaccines. Stocks are tanking.

The stocks of companies that make or are developing the new class of weight-loss and diabetes-management drugs were sharply lower Friday, after President-elect Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

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3 months ago - Market Watch

Viking Therapeutics to Present Data from Phase 2b VOYAGE Study of VK2809 in Patients with Biopsy-Confirmed NASH/MASH at the 75th Liver Meeting® 2024

Results to be Featured in Oral Late Breaker Presentation SAN DIEGO , Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focus...

3 months ago - PRNewsWire

Healthy Returns: Weight loss drug race heats up with pill data from Viking Therapeutics, AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca and Viking Therapeutics both presented encouraging data on their obesity pills. Meanwhile, here's how Americans voted on abortion access.

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3 months ago - CNBC