Better Buy: Viking Therapeutics vs. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals [Yahoo! Finance]
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)
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That's what has happened this year to Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) , a mid-cap biotech, with its stock price up by nearly 300% since January. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MDGL) , another mid-cap drugmaker, hasn't been so lucky in 2024 despite hitting an important milestone; its shares are up by a much less impressive 7% year to date. That said, Viking and Madrigal are still early in the game. Both could be just at the beginning of their growth journeys. Which one looks like the better option for long-term investors right now? Let's find out. The case for Viking Therapeutics Viking Therapeutics focuses on developing treatments for metabolic diseases. The company's leading program, VK2735, is a potential weight loss medicine. This area of medicine has risen in popularity lately with the public and on Wall Street. There is a good reason: Obesity treatments are the new big thing in the biotech industry . Sales of these medicines are projected to skyrocket in the coming
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- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- 11 Oversold MidCap Stocks To Buy Now [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) had its "buy" rating re-affirmed by analysts at HC Wainwright. They now have a $90.00 price target on the stock.MarketBeat
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com to a "sell" rating.MarketBeat
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- 4/24/24 - Beat
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- 5/3/24 - Form 4
- 5/3/24 - Form 144
- 5/2/24 - Form 4
- VKTX's page on the SEC website