Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqCM:VKTX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.7b

Viking Therapeutics Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Viking Therapeutics has a total shareholder equity of $911.4M and total debt of $0.0, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 0%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $937.9M and $26.4M respectively.

Key information

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Debt to equity ratio

US$0

Debt

Interest coverage ration/a
CashUS$930.44m
EquityUS$911.45m
Total liabilitiesUS$26.44m
Total assetsUS$937.89m

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

We're Interested To See How Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Uses Its Cash Hoard To Grow

Dec 23
We're Interested To See How Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Uses Its Cash Hoard To Grow

Viking Therapeutics: Holiday Gift

Dec 19

Viking Stock Pops, Then Drops On Latest Obesity/MASH Data: Why I'm Still Bullish

Dec 05

Viking Therapeutics: Too Much Excitement Around Oral VK2735, Even If It Met High Expectations

Nov 04

Viking Therapeutics: Lots Of Positives

Oct 28

Viking Therapeutics: Market Rightly Excited By GLP-1 Promise -- A Buy Ahead Of Data

Sep 25

Companies Like Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Invest In Growth

Sep 07
Companies Like Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Invest In Growth

Viking Therapeutics: GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonist And Its Competitive Landscape

Aug 30

Viking Therapeutics: Better-Than-Expected Trial Timelines While Pipeline Expands

Jul 25

We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Easily Afford To Drive Business Growth

Apr 26
We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Easily Afford To Drive Business Growth

Viking Therapeutics: Future Weight Loss Heavyweight?

Apr 02

We're Hopeful That Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Jan 09
We're Hopeful That Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

We're Not Very Worried About Viking Therapeutics' (NASDAQ:VKTX) Cash Burn Rate

Sep 21
We're Not Very Worried About Viking Therapeutics' (NASDAQ:VKTX) Cash Burn Rate

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

Jun 07
Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

We're Not Very Worried About Viking Therapeutics' (NASDAQ:VKTX) Cash Burn Rate

Mar 05
We're Not Very Worried About Viking Therapeutics' (NASDAQ:VKTX) Cash Burn Rate

Viking Therapeutics: Playing Second Fiddle To Madrigal

Aug 30

We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Jul 13
We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Revisiting Viking Therapeutics

Apr 20

We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Apr 12
We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Dec 17
We Think Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Viking Therapeutics: Remaining Bullish And Sticking To My Plan

Aug 27

Viking Therapeutics soars 11% on encouraging VK0214 data in rare metabolic disorder

Jun 17

Have Insiders Been Selling Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX) Shares This Year?

Jan 13
Have Insiders Been Selling Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX) Shares This Year?

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: VKTX's short term assets ($936.6M) exceed its short term liabilities ($25.7M).

Long Term Liabilities: VKTX's short term assets ($936.6M) exceed its long term liabilities ($755.0K).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: VKTX is debt free.

Reducing Debt: VKTX had no debt 5 years ago.


Balance Sheet


Cash Runway Analysis

For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.

Stable Cash Runway: VKTX has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years based on its current free cash flow.

Forecast Cash Runway: VKTX has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 25% each year


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 08:22
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Matthew LuchiniBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Mayank MamtaniB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Julian HarrisonBTIG