VKTX · Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
$32.19
+0.19% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11
Market cap
$4B
Enterprise value
$3B
Trailing P/E
—
Forward P/E
-7.4
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.68
Avg volume
2M
Employees
0K
Daily Change %
0.19%
5 Days Change
-6.22%
10 Days Change
-0.24%
30 Days Change
-3.25%
60 Days Change
-15.85%
Month to Day Change
-2.88%
Year to Day Change
-7.05%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — VKTX
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-08-11
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
JP Morgan
Overweight$65.00
+102.3% vs priceMorgan Stanley
Overweight$102
+217.5% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Overweight | $75.00 → $65.00 |
| 2026-07-30 | Canaccord Genuity | Maintains | Buy | $107 → $114 |
| 2026-05-28 | Lake Street | Initiates | Buy | $0.00 → $89.00 |
| 2026-05-01 | BTIG | Reiterates | Buy | $125 |
| 2026-04-30 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Maintains | Overweight | $105 → $100 |
| 2026-03-23 | HC Wainwright & Co. | Reiterates | Buy | $102 |
| 2025-11-12 | Canaccord Genuity | Maintains | Buy | $106 → $107 |
| 2025-10-29 | Canaccord Genuity | Initiates | Buy | $0.00 → $106 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11
- RSI (14): RSI is 42 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 7.9% below the 50-day MA ($34.96).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 3.7% below the 200-day MA ($33.44).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.11) — short-term momentum is fading.
- 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($23.09) and high ($42.13).
VKTX Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. Its 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. The company develops VK5211, an orally available non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients recovering from non-elective hip fracture surgery; VK0612, which is in Phase II clinical trials for metabolic disorders and anemia; VK2735, a novel dual agonist of the glucagon-like peptide 1, which is in Phase 1 SAD/MAD clinical trial, and VK0214, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the TRß for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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