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Viking Therapeutics Inc is listed on the NASDAQ in the Healthcare sector while operating in the Biotechnology industry. The current market capitalization of Viking Therapeutics Inc is $7.30B. A total of 1.34 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 3.46M 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.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable 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
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. 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
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. 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.
