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This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Biotechnology industry segment, falling under the Healthcare sector. The current market capitalization of Viking Therapeutics Inc is $7.39B. A total of 3.36 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 3.47M shares.
In the most recent transaction, SINGLETON J MATTHEW sold 10,300 shares of VKTX for 69.50 per share on Sep 20 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 9,500 company shares. In a previous transaction on Sep 20 ’24, Lian Brian sold 216,130 shares at 70.83 per share. VKTX shares that President & CEO owns now total 2,304,927.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Lian Brian acquired of 216,130 shares on Sep 20 ’24 at a per-share price of $18.41. In another insider transaction, SINGLETON J MATTHEW bought 10,300 shares at $69.50 per share on Sep 20 ’24.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, VKTX has a high of $99.41 and a low of $8.28.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. VKTX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $202.10M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $29.00k in debt and $8.78M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $8.31, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $201.88M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for VKTX is Buy with a score of 5.00.
