Why Buying The Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE: VIK) Stock Today Might Make Sense

Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK) traded at $38.00 at close of the session on Tuesday, April 22 and made an upward move of 1.31% on its previous day’s price.

Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $37.51 with the day’s price range being $37.515 – $38.54. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 117.10. In terms of its 52-week price range, VIK has a high of $53.14 and a low of $25.71. The company’s stock has lost about -5.24% over that past 30 days.

Viking Holdings Ltd has a market cap of $16.82 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-10.

On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the VIK stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Sell, while medium term indicators assign it an average of Hold.

Based on estimates by 7 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 1 have rated the Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) stock as a Hold, while 6 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.

Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the VIK stock currently stands at 4.61, and the current price level is -3.08% off its SMA20 and -12.07% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 43.90 while the volatility over the past week is 3.48% and jumps to 5.68% over the past one month. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $49, with the estimates having a low of $46 and a high of $55. These price ends are -21.05% and -44.74% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -28.95% if the VIK share price touches on the median price of $49.

Coming back to Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 3.49 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 2.92 million. Current shares outstanding are 303.83 million.

The insiders hold 61.96% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 38.65%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-03-31, stood at 6.39 million at a short ratio of 1.69. This represents a 497.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-03-31. Shares short fall in March from the previous month at 9.42 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock -13.75% down in year-to-date price movement.

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