Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VKTX) traded at $76.45 at close of the session on Friday, April 05, made an upward move of 3.76% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $73.68 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.06 . In terms of its 52-week price range, VKTX has a high of $99.41 and a low of $8.28. The company’s stock has lost about -16.15% over that past 30 days.
Viking Therapeutics Inc has a market cap of $8.36 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on Apr 24, 2024 – Apr 29, 2024. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.28, with the EPS growth for the year raised at -$1.12 for 2024 and -$1.51 for next year. These figures represent -23.10% and -34.80% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the VKTX stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 6.19% off its SMA20 and 40.84% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 56.85 while the volatility over the past week is 7.19% and jumps to 9.18% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.13, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 7.05.
Coming back to Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VKTX), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 6.58 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 5.13 million. Current shares outstanding are 100.11 million.
The insiders hold 8.91% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 69.28%. The data shows that short shares as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 11.14 million at a short ratio of 0.93. This represents a 10.32% short interest in shares outstanding on Mar 15, 2024. Shares short fall in March from the previous month at 12.02 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 310.80% up in year-to-date price movement.
