Is Viking Therapeutics, Inc. a Buy? [The Motley Fool]
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)
Last viking therapeutics, inc. earnings: 4/30 04:05 pm
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No gnashing of teeth needed to make a call on this clinical-stage biotech. Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:VKTX ) is losing money like it's going out of style. The biotech's total revenue this year matches its total revenue last year -- zip, zero, nada. At best, Viking is still several years away from even possibly winning approval for its first drug. So if you ask me whether or not Viking Therapeutics stock is a buy, my answer is an enthusiastic... yes. That's my answer, at least, for aggressive investors. Despite all of the negatives that I ticked off for Viking, I really like this stock as a speculative play. Image source: Getty Images. Similar drugs, very different valuations The biggest reason why I think so highly of Viking Therapeutics' prospects is that I also think highly of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals ' ( NASDAQ:MDGL ) prospects. In May, Madrigal announced really good results from a phase 2 clinical study of its lead candidate MGL-3196 in
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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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Earnings
- 4/24/24 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 5/3/24 - Form 4
- 5/3/24 - Form 144
- 5/2/24 - Form 4
- VKTX's page on the SEC website