NASDAQ:VKTX - Viking Therapeutics Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VKTX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.05. View Viking Therapeutics' Earnings History.

Viking Therapeutics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Viking Therapeutics.

Viking Therapeutics will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Viking Therapeutics' shares. Their forecasts range from $8.86 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Viking Therapeutics' share price to reach $18.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 170.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Viking Therapeutics.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viking Therapeutics in the last year. There are currently 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Viking Therapeutics.

News headlines about VKTX stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Viking Therapeutics earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the biotechnology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Viking Therapeutics.

Viking Therapeutics saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,420,000 shares, an increase of 10.2% from the January 15th total of 14,900,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,346,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 12.2 days. Approximately 25.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Viking Therapeutics' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Viking Therapeutics include Heron Therapeutics (HRTX), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Zymeworks (ZYME), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD), Tricida (TCDA), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Akcea Therapeutics (AKCA), Aimmune Therapeutics (AIMT), Arvinas (ARVN), Alder Biopharmaceuticals (ALDR), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Constellation Pharmaceuticals (CNST), IGM Biosciences (IGMS) and Innoviva (INVA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Viking Therapeutics investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Verastem (VSTM), Amarin (AMRN), Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Micron Technology (MU), Novavax (NVAX), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), AT&T (T) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

(VKTX) raised $20 million in an IPO on Wednesday, April 29th 2015. The company issued 2,500,000 shares at a price of $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' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (12.20%), State Street Corp (5.00%), FMR LLC (3.03%), Fiera Capital Corp (1.66%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.26%) and UBS Group AG (0.57%). Company insiders that own Viking Therapeutics stock include J Matthew Singleton, Lawson Macartney, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc and Michael Morneau. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Viking Therapeutics.

VKTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, State Street Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, UBS Group AG, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, Raymond James & Associates and Blair William & Co. IL. View Insider Buying and Selling for Viking Therapeutics.

VKTX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Credit Suisse AG, California Public Employees Retirement System, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Barclays PLC, Blueshift Asset Management LLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have bought Viking Therapeutics stock in the last two years include J Matthew Singleton and Lawson Macartney. View Insider Buying and Selling for Viking Therapeutics.

Shares of VKTX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.93.

Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $500.76 million. The biotechnology company earns $-22,060,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.40) on an earnings per share basis. Viking Therapeutics employs 15 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Viking Therapeutics.

The official website for Viking Therapeutics is http://www.vikingtherapeutics.com/.

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]