Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Investor Update – A Brief Overview

By Harris Dyer • Thursday, October 24 15:12 • Permanent Link

Shares of Pharmaceutical company Viking Therapeutics climbed 21.6% this afternoon. Here are some quick facts to get you started if you are interested in the stock:

Viking Therapeutics has logged a 524.8% 52 week change, compared to 40.1% for the S&P 500
VKTX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -35.33% away from its mean target price of $113.55 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.93, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to -79.0. The Health Care sector's average P/E ratio is 26.07
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $-1.48 and its forward P/E ratio is -49.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 8.98 in contrast to the Health Care sector's average P/B ratio is 3.53
The current ratio is currently 19.2, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $-73376000 and the average free cash flow growth rate is -31.4%

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