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Viking Therapeutics (VKTX)

(Delayed Data from NSDQ)

$63.42 USD

63.42
3,034,370

-1.25 (-1.93%)

Updated Apr 19, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $63.37 -0.05 (-0.08%) 6:28 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.15%
2Buy18.00%
3Hold9.44%
4Sell5.10%
5Strong Sell2.53%
S&P50011.08%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

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Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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C Value C Growth D Momentum D VGM

Industry Rank:

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An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 34% (84 out of 250)

Industry: Medical - Biomedical and Genetics

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Zacks News

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market: Key Insights

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) concluded the recent trading session at $63.42, signifying a -1.93% move from its prior day's close.

Viking (VKTX) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Devoid of marketed drugs, investors will focus on Viking Therapeutics' (VKTX) pipeline updates when it reports first-quarter earnings results.

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Dips More Than Broader Market: What You Should Know

In the most recent trading session, Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) closed at $71.67, indicating a -1.59% shift from the previous trading day.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: PRAX, VKTX Up on Study Results & MRNA, REGN Give Updates

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (PRAX) and Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) gain from positive study updates.

Viking (VKTX) Up 17% on Encouraging Oral Obesity Drug Data

Data from an early-stage study shows that patients who received Viking's (VKTX) orally-administered obesity drug lost up to 5.3% of their body weight after 28 days.

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Time to be "Overweight" Viking Therapeutics

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Novo Nordisk (NVO) Up on Upbeat Data From New Obesity Pill Study

Novo Nordisk (NVO) stock rises as it presents encouraging efficacy data on a new investigational oral obesity pill, amycretin, at its Capital Markets Day.

Viking (VKTX) Stock Down on Novo Nordisk's Obesity Pill Data

Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) falls as VK2735's placebo-adjusted mean weight loss after 13 weeks of treatment in a phase II study appears similar to Novo Nordisk's amycretin in a phase I study.

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Ligand (LGND) Posts Long-Term Outlook, Updates Portfolio Progress

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Akero (AKRO) Slumps 63% on Mixed Results From NASH Study

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Madrigal (MDGL) to Raise Capital Via Public Offering of $500M

Madrigal (MDGL) is raising funds through a public offering of 1.25 million shares of its common stock to use in commercial activities in the preparation of a potential launch of resmetirom in the United States.

Madrigal (MDGL) Gains on NDA for NASH Therapy Acceptance by FDA

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