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Viking Therapeutics Inc VKTX

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$84.45 +1.10 (1.32%)
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Price vs Fair Value

VKTX is trading at a 34% discount.
Price
$69.41
Fair Value
$477.26
Uncertainty
Extreme
1-Star Price
$866.82
5-Star Price
$71.77
Economic Moat
Rfj
Capital Allocation
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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$83.35
Day Range
$80.5084.70
52-Week Range
$8.3399.41
Bid/Ask
$84.27 / $84.45
Market Cap
$9.08 Bil
Volume/Avg
2.2 Mil / 7.0 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
Price/Sales
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
Dividend Yield (Forward)
Total Yield

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.
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Stock Style Box
Small Growth
Total Number of Employees
27

Comparables

Valuation

Metric
VKTX
CBAY
EWTX
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
Price/Book Value
23.9512.653.97
Price/Sales
111.01
Price/Cash Flow
Price/Earnings
VKTX
CBAY
EWTX

Financial Strength

Metric
VKTX
CBAY
EWTX
Quick Ratio
18.9210.7018.98
Current Ratio
19.1910.9619.50
Interest Coverage
−5.27
Quick Ratio
VKTX
CBAY
EWTX

Profitability

Metric
VKTX
CBAY
EWTX
Return on Assets (Normalized)
−23.50%−30.06%−24.36%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
−25.01%−51.97%−25.87%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
−30.29%−30.87%−29.82%
Return on Assets
VKTX
CBAY
EWTX
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