VKTX is likely to have headed into Q3 earnings with no product revenue, pipeline updates in focus and widening loss forecasts testing investor patience.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) closed at $33.05 in the latest trading session, marking a -2.54% move from the prior day.
Viking Therapeutics offers a de-risked, asymmetric investment opportunity in the GLP-1 weight-loss drug market, trading below its risk-adjusted potential. VKTX's injectable and oral VK2735 both met Phase 2 endpoints, with discontinuation issues in the oral form likely fixable through slower titration and different dosing. Strong cash reserves, committed manufacturing partner, and a diversified pipeline (including VK2809 for MASH) position VKTX for long-term value creation or strategic or financial buyout/going private.
In the closing of the recent trading day, Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) stood at $27.88, denoting a +1.86% move from the preceding trading day.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) reached $24.09 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -2.92% change compared to its last close.
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VKTX stock slumps after mixed obesity pill study results raise safety concerns and highlight fierce market competition.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) reached $27.05 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -1.92% change compared to its last close.
Viking Therapeutics' stock plunged over 40% after misunderstood Phase 2 oral weight-loss drug data, despite results showing strong short-term efficacy versus market leaders. The Phase 2 trial demonstrated 12.2% weight loss in 13 weeks, with progressive results and potential for further improvement with longer dosing periods. Concerns over high discontinuation and GI side effects are noted, but these issues are manageable and expected to be addressed in Phase 3 studies.
When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?
Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) fell 42% on August 19, 2025, after Phase 2 results for its oral obesity pill VK2735 disappointed investors. The oral formulation led to up to 12.2% weight loss over three months, a weaker outcome versus late-stage treatments from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
Shares in Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) ended a bloody session 42% lower after the US biotech released trial data on its experimental obesity pill that underwhelmed investors. The phase two results showed patients lost up to 12.2 % of body weight after three months on the treatment, VK2735.