Viking Therapeutics, Inc (VKTX)
Nasdaq · Common stock · Pharmaceutical Preparations
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VKTX at a glance
Key statistics
$3.40B
Market capitalization
- Previous close
- $26.71
- Open
- $26.81
- Day range
- $26.38 – $27.27
- Volume
- 1.94M
- Average volume (30 sessions)
- 7.58M
- Shares outstanding
- 125.99M
- Earnings per share
- $(4.21)
- Price / book
- 8.3
- Beta (1 year, vs SPY)
- 1.18
Where the price sits in its year
52-week range
9% of the range
- Below the 52-week high
- -38.2%
- Above the 52-week low
- +6.9%
Completed sessions through Oct 20, 2026
Technical snapshot
Below its 50-day and 200-day averages
- 20-day average
- $29.95-10.8%
- 50-day average
- $31.83-16.1%
- 200-day average
- $32.66-18.2%
Between the conventional 30 and 70 bands.
+0.2%
1 week
-11.3%
1 month
-28.4%
3 months
-24.1%
Year to date
-20.4%
1 year
Price change over each window, from completed sessions. Past performance does not indicate future results.
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From the public news wire
VKTX headlines
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SEC Form 4, most recent first
Insider filings
Kelly-Gemmell Dorothy Elizabeth
+40.8K
Director · Grant or award
· Aug 1, 2026
Kelly-Gemmell Dorothy Elizabeth
+6.3K
Director · Grant or award
· Aug 1, 2026
Lian Brian
+221.7K
President & CEO, Director · Grant or award
· Jul 28, 2026
Lian Brian
−148.5K
President & CEO, Director · Open-market sale
$4.95M · Jul 29, 2026
Mancini Marianna
+31.7K
Chief Operating Officer · Grant or award
· Jul 28, 2026
ZANTE GREG
+31.7K
Chief Financial Officer · Grant or award
· Jul 28, 2026
Mancini Marianna
−18.2K
Chief Operating Officer · Open-market sale
$609.64K · Jul 29, 2026
ZANTE GREG
−21.2K
Chief Financial Officer · Open-market sale
$710.14K · Jul 29, 2026
About Viking Therapeutics, Inc
Viking Therapeutics Inc is a healthcare service provider. The company specializes in the area of biopharmaceutical development focused on metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company's clinical program pipeline consists of VK2809, VK5211, and VK0214 products. VK2809 and VK0214 are orally available, tissue and receptor-subtype-selective agonists of the thyroid hormone receptor beta. VK5211 is an orally available, non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Security
- Common stock
- Industry
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Headquarters
- San Diego, CA
- Employees
- 65
- Listed since
- Apr 29, 2015
- Website
- vikingtherapeutics.com
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