Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) closed at $25.79 on November 5, 2026, down 7.8% from the previous close, on volume of 4,541,906 shares (30-day average 6,123,903).
Data as of November 5, 2026.
5-Nov-2026
Viking Therapeutics to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences
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Viking Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
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Viking Therapeutics sets Oct. 28 earnings date with Phase 3 obesity program VK2735 in focus
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Viking Therapeutics to Report Financial Results for Third Quarter 2026 on October 28, 2026
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Market Chameleon (Tue, 29-Sep 3:42 AM ET)
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, and 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.
Viking Therapeutics trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol VKTX.
As of November 5, 2026, VKTX stock price declined to $25.79 with 4,541,906 million shares trading.
VKTX has a beta of 1.25, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. VKTX has a correlation of 0.06 to the broad based SPY ETF.
VKTX has a market cap of $3.29 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, VKTX traded as high as $99.41 and as low as $9.34.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that VKTX belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, XBI, VB, VBK, VXF.
VKTX has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -29.3%, while the SPY ETF gained +9.3%. In the last 3 month period, VKTX fell short of the market, returning -23.0%, while SPY returned -4.5%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks VKTX has outperformed the stock market by returning -0.2%, while SPY returned -4.1%.
VKTX support price is $26.86 and resistance is $29.08 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that VKTX shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
