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The price of Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: VKTX) closed at $34.93 in the last session, down -2.78% from day before closing price of $35.93. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.77 million shares were traded. VKTX stock price reached its highest trading level at $36.0399 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $34.61.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at VKTX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 28.34 and its Current Ratio is at 28.34. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Cantor Fitzgerald on April 29, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $104.
On April 08, 2025, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $30.
On February 13, 2025, Scotiabank started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Outperform rating and target price of $102.Scotiabank initiated its Sector Outperform rating on February 13, 2025, with a $102 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 28 ’25 when Mancini Marianna sold 6,185 shares for $35.00 per share. The transaction valued at 216,492 led to the insider holds 382,467 shares of the business.
Rowland Charles A Jr sold 60,000 shares of VKTX for $2,134,278 on Oct 27 ’25. The Director now owns 30,000 shares after completing the transaction at $35.57 per share. On Oct 28 ’25, another insider, Lian Brian, who serves as the President & CEO of the company, sold 38,989 shares for $35.01 each. As a result, the insider received 1,364,923 and left with 2,419,109 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VKTX now has a Market Capitalization of 3948359424 and an Enterprise Value of 3234544384.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VKTX is 0.64, which has changed by -0.49923342 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18258524 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VKTX has reached a high of $81.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $18.92. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 22.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 19.48%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, VKTX traded on average about 6.41M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4435920 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 112.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 109.67M. Insiders hold about 2.98% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.40% stake in the company. Shares short for VKTX as of 1760486400 were 25450539 with a Short Ratio of 3.97, compared to 1757894400 on 27010893. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 25450539 and a Short% of Float of 26.979999999999997.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 13.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.95, with high estimates of -$0.76 and low estimates of -$1.19.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$2.23 and -$2.87 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$2.61. EPS for the following year is -$3.65, with 12.0 analysts recommending between -$3.13 and -$4.83.
