Viking Therapeutics completes enrollment in its phase III VANQUISH-1 obesity study, surpassing targets and marking rapid progress for its VK2735 program.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ( VKTX ) Jefferies London Healthcare Conference 2025 November 19, 2025 3:00 AM EST Company Participants Brian Lian - President, CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Jiale Song - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Presentation Jiale Song Jefferies LLC, Research Division All right. Welcome, everyone, to Jefferies Healthcare London Conference.
Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?
AlphaQuest LLC cut its holdings in Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) by 24.8% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 8,840 shares of the biotechnology company's stock after selling 2,913 shares during the quarter. AlphaQuest LLC's holdings in Viking Therapeutics were worth $234,000
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 Inc. NASDAQ: VKTX stock is soaring after the company delivered its third-quarter earnings report. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company is not profitable and is not generating revenue.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call October 22, 2025 4:30 PM EDT Company Participants Brian Lian - President, CEO & Director Gregory Zante - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Stephanie Diaz - Vida Strategic Partners, Inc. Steven Seedhouse - Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Research Division Joon Lee - Truist Securities, Inc., Research Division Ryan Deschner - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Annabel Samimy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division Hardik Parikh - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Jay Olson - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division Mayank Mamtani - B. Riley Securities, Inc., Research Division Rohit Bhasin - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Yale Jen - Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd.
In the closing of the recent trading day, Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) stood at $33.54, denoting a -3.44% move from the preceding trading day.
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.