Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX): Price and Financial Metrics

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX): $42.25

0.76 (+1.83%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

D

Sentiment

Quality

C

VKTX Price/Volume Stats

Current price $42.25 52-week high $99.41
Prev. close $41.49 52-week low $17.23
Day low $41.98 Volume 8,838,800
Day high $45.00 Avg. volume 4,484,050
50-day MA $57.81 Dividend yield N/A
200-day MA $61.71 Market Cap 4.71B

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Company Bio


Viking Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. Its lead clinical program, VK5211, is an orally available, non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator in Phase II development for the treatment of patients recovering from non-elective hip fracture surgery; in Phase I clinical trials for improving lean body mass; and in pre-clinical trial for improving bone mineral density, bone mineral content, bone strength, and other measures. The company is also developing VK2809, an orally available, tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the thyroid hormone receptor beta, which is in a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of patients with hypercholesterolemia and fatty liver disease; and in a Phase I clinical trial to treat patients who suffer from glycogen storage disease type Ia. In addition, it is developing VK0214 for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, which is in pre-clinical stage. Viking Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Diego, California.


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VKTX Price Returns

1-mo -19.66%
3-mo -35.01%
6-mo -11.61%
1-year 122.37%
3-year 715.64%
5-year 383.96%
YTD 127.03%
2023 97.98%
2022 104.35%
2021 -18.29%
2020 -29.80%
2019 4.84%

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