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NASDAQ · VKTX

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

Healthcare · Biotechnology

$29.95

Down-$1.58 (-5.01%)

Updated Sep 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

SID Score

4.6/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
4.21B
P/E ratio
-17.61
Dividend yield
0.00%
52-week range
$27.16 – $42.79
Volume
2.81M
Avg. volume
4.44M

Price performance

VKTX price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

VKTX closed at $29.95 after 20 trading sessions, down 10.25% for the selected period.

Last close
$29.95
Period change
-10.25%
Period low
$29.95
Period high
$35.98
Daily close
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VKTX OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 15, 2026$31.21$31.25$29.70$29.952.81M
Sep 14, 2026$31.70$32.43$31.39$31.531.85M
Sep 11, 2026$32.26$33.05$31.70$31.982.21M
Sep 10, 2026$32.50$32.65$31.87$32.131.72M
Sep 9, 2026$33.36$34.60$32.59$32.702.04M
Sep 8, 2026$34.63$34.81$33.53$33.681.87M
Sep 4, 2026$33.75$34.95$33.56$34.871.4M
Sep 3, 2026$34.00$34.45$33.68$33.981.39M
Sep 2, 2026$33.67$34.75$32.7708$33.501.57M
Sep 1, 2026$32.61$33.71$32.38$33.671.68M
Aug 31, 2026$31.77$32.98$31.70$32.781.78M
Aug 28, 2026$33.75$33.86$31.98$32.162.38M
Aug 27, 2026$34.33$34.39$33.15$33.862.21M
Aug 26, 2026$34.09$34.75$33.802$34.381.14M
Aug 25, 2026$33.67$34.994$33.43$34.172.1M
Aug 24, 2026$33.75$33.765$32.61$33.231.75M
Aug 21, 2026$34.79$34.98$33.47$33.891.5M
Aug 20, 2026$35.79$35.79$33.9618$34.361.67M
Aug 19, 2026$34.10$36.26$33.8301$35.982.69M
Aug 18, 2026$33.42$33.94$33.00$33.371.19M

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Overview

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Company profile

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, 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.

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Consensus
Average target
$104.67
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VKTX recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Aug 11, 2026JP MorganOverweight
Jul 30, 2026Canaccord GenuityBuy
May 28, 2026Lake StreetBuy
Apr 30, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldOverweight
Mar 23, 2026HC Wainwright & Co.Buy
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