Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqCM:VKTX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.2b

Viking Therapeutics Valuation

Is VKTX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of VKTX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate VKTX's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate VKTX's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for VKTX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

VKTX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ration/a

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does VKTX's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for VKTX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.7x
CERE Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings
11.4x12.6%US$7.7b
EXEL Exelixis
3.1x22.7%US$7.0b
IMGN ImmunoGen
14.9x45.8%US$8.4b
PCVX Vaxcyte
5.3x-1.0%US$6.6b
VKTX Viking Therapeutics
8.8x-20.6%US$8.2b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: VKTX is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (8.8x) compared to the peer average (8.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VKTX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.1%
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No. of CompaniesPB048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a23.1%
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: VKTX is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (8.8x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (2x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VKTX's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

VKTX PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio8.8x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate VKTX's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst VKTX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$74.31
US$108.44
+45.9%
19.5%US$138.00US$54.86n/a11
Apr ’25US$79.50
US$108.44
+36.4%
19.5%US$138.00US$54.86n/a11
Mar ’25US$85.22
US$99.69
+17.0%
20.4%US$120.00US$54.86n/a10
Feb ’25US$23.95
US$34.00
+42.0%
10.2%US$40.00US$28.00n/a9
Jan ’25US$18.61
US$34.00
+82.7%
10.2%US$40.00US$28.00n/a9
Dec ’24US$13.01
US$34.00
+161.3%
10.2%US$40.00US$28.00n/a9
Nov ’24US$9.57
US$34.00
+255.3%
10.2%US$40.00US$28.00n/a9
Oct ’24US$11.07
US$33.80
+205.3%
9.9%US$40.00US$28.00n/a10
Sep ’24US$14.51
US$33.80
+132.9%
9.9%US$40.00US$28.00n/a10
Aug ’24US$14.16
US$33.80
+138.7%
9.9%US$40.00US$28.00n/a10
Jul ’24US$16.21
US$33.30
+105.4%
12.5%US$40.00US$25.00n/a10
Jun ’24US$21.97
US$33.30
+51.6%
12.5%US$40.00US$25.00n/a10
May ’24US$22.12
US$28.80
+30.2%
18.0%US$35.00US$19.00n/a10
Apr ’24US$16.65
US$27.10
+62.8%
18.3%US$35.00US$19.00US$79.5010
Mar ’24US$11.39
US$19.22
+68.8%
31.9%US$30.00US$12.00US$85.229
Feb ’24US$8.80
US$18.56
+110.9%
34.4%US$30.00US$11.00US$23.959
Jan ’24US$9.40
US$18.33
+95.0%
35.6%US$30.00US$11.00US$18.619
Dec ’23US$4.13
US$17.44
+322.4%
41.7%US$30.00US$10.00US$13.019
Nov ’23US$4.37
US$17.44
+299.2%
41.7%US$30.00US$10.00US$9.579
Oct ’23US$2.72
US$17.56
+545.4%
40.9%US$30.00US$10.00US$11.079
Sep ’23US$3.23
US$17.56
+443.5%
40.9%US$30.00US$10.00US$14.519
Aug ’23US$2.87
US$17.56
+511.7%
40.9%US$30.00US$10.00US$14.169
Jul ’23US$2.82
US$17.56
+522.5%
40.9%US$30.00US$10.00US$16.219
Jun ’23US$2.13
US$17.56
+724.2%
40.9%US$30.00US$10.00US$21.979
May ’23US$2.38
US$17.56
+637.6%
40.9%US$30.00US$10.00US$22.129
Apr ’23US$3.13
US$18.78
+499.9%
36.4%US$30.00US$10.00US$16.659

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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