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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.distress 5/10 · elevated risk
$36.33-3%today-14% from 52w high
vikingtherapeutics.com59 employeesFounded 2012San Diego, CABiotechnology
Metabolic / Obesity 1
Lead: Weight Loss · target GLP-1/GIP · est. market ~$15B (approx, global)
Revenue
pre-revenue
Liquidity
$118M
Runway
0.3 yrs
Shares 1y
+3%

Price & events

+6.6% over 6M
$26.29$34.21$42.13Jan 26Apr 26Jul 268.6Mrating: Lake Street: Buy (2026-05-28)rating: BTIG: Buy (2026-05-01)rating: Cantor Fitzgerald: Overweight (2026-04-30)rating: HC Wainwright & Co.: Buy (2026-03-23)
CatalystRating changeDilutionFinancingdashed = today
-2.6%
1D
-0.1%
1W
+4.4%
1M
+10.8%
3M
+12.8%
6M
+8.8%
1Y
-29.5%
2Y
+529.6%
5Y
+526.4%
All

Overview

Market Cap
$4.22B
Volume
135.35K
52 Week Range
$23.09 – $42.13
Total Shares
116.11M
Float Shares
113.28M
Short %
21.40%
% Held by Insiders
2.79%
% Held by Institutions
64.47%
RVOL
0.05x
Beta
0.66

Pipeline stages · 1 programs

VK2735
Preclin
Ph1
Ph2
Ph3
Filed
PDUFA
Approved
next 2027-07-01

Pipeline · 3 trials · 2 upcoming

ReadoutPhaseDrugIndicationEnrollStatus
2027-07-01
Estimated 50%
readout ~2027-09-14
Phase 3VK2735Weight Lossactive not recruiting
2027-07-01
Estimated 50%
readout ~2027-09-14
Phase 3VK2735Weight Lossactive not recruiting
2025-06-24
Phase 2VK2735Weight Loss280completed

Catalyst news & presentations · 2

Approved drugs (0)

  • none — clinical-stage

Capital structure — dilution & financing

Shares out: 116,105,643 · 0 offerings/1y · 0 PIPEs
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Wall St ratings

strong buy · target $93 (+155% upside) · 19 analysts
  • 2026-05-28Lake StreetBuy
  • 2026-05-01BTIGBuy
  • 2026-04-30Cantor FitzgeraldOverweight
  • 2026-03-23HC Wainwright & Co.Buy
  • 2025-11-12Canaccord GenuityBuy
  • 2025-10-29Canaccord GenuityBuy

Competitors — GLP-1/GIP

  • SRRKScholar Rock Holding Corp$5.7B · D2
  • BIOABioAge Labs, Inc.$956M · D1
  • PTNPALATIN TECHNOLOGIES INC$14M · D9

Not financial advice. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov, SEC EDGAR, FINRA, Nasdaq, Yahoo.