Viking Therapeutics Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viking Therapeutics in the last twelve months. There are currently 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Viking Therapeutics stock.
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Viking Therapeutics is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 28th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.20) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.19) by $0.01.
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Viking Therapeutics' stock was trading at $5.07 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VKTX shares have increased by 21.3% and is now trading at $6.15.
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8 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Viking Therapeutics' stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate Viking Therapeutics' share price to reach $16.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 160.2% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Viking Therapeutics include Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Myovant Sciences (MYOV), Nuvation Bio (NUVB), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), MorphoSys (MOR), Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), Xencor (XNCR), Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (DCPH), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), Indivior (INVVY), Amarin (AMRN), Constellation Pharmaceuticals (CNST), NGM Biopharmaceuticals (NGM) and Avid Bioservices (CDMO).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Viking Therapeutics investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Micron Technology (MU), SCYNEXIS (SCYX), Amarin (AMRN), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Verastem (VSTM), Energy Transfer (ET) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO).

(VKTX) raised $20 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, April 29th 2015. The company issued 2,500,000 shares at $7.00-$9.00 per share. Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. acted as the underwriter for the IPO and Feltl and Company was co-manager.

Viking Therapeutics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VKTX."

Viking Therapeutics' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.10%). Company insiders that own Viking Therapeutics stock include Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc and Matthew W Foehr.
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VKTX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P..
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Shares of VKTX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.15.

Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $480.87 million. The biotechnology company earns $-39,490,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.54) on an earnings per share basis.

Viking Therapeutics employs 18 workers across the globe.

The official website for Viking Therapeutics is www.vikingtherapeutics.com.

Viking Therapeutics is headquartered at 12340 EL CAMINO REAL SUITE 250, SAN DIEGO CA, 92130.

Viking Therapeutics' mailing address is 12340 EL CAMINO REAL SUITE 250, SAN DIEGO CA, 92130. The biotechnology company can be reached via phone at 858-704-4660 or via email at [email protected]