Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqCM:VKTX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.7b

Viking Therapeutics Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • 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?

Key metric: As VKTX is unprofitable and pre-revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for VKTX. This is calculated by dividing VKTX's market cap by their current book value.
What is VKTX's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio5.2x
BookUS$911.45m
Market CapUS$4.72b

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 Average20.4x
GBT Global Blood Therapeutics
39x66.2%US$4.6b
KRYS Krystal Biotech
5.1x41.2%US$4.6b
ALPN Alpine Immune Sciences
13.4x-9.9%US$4.5b
TGTX TG Therapeutics
24x57.0%US$4.6b
VKTX Viking Therapeutics
5.2x-8.1%US$4.7b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: VKTX is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (5.2x) compared to the peer average (14.2x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

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

68 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GRAL GRAIL
0.2x35.7%US$632.03m
AMRN Amarin
0.4x-7.9%US$187.86m
LYEL Lyell Immunopharma
0.3x-14.9%US$171.13m
NKTX Nkarta
0.4x-11.5%US$165.84m
VKTX 5.2xIndustry Avg. 1.7xNo. of Companies83PB01.63.24.86.48+
68 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: VKTX is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (5.2x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (1.7x).

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 Ratio5.2x
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$42.35
US$110.00
+159.7%
18.6%US$164.00US$74.00n/a15
Dec ’25US$52.94
US$112.57
+112.6%
16.6%US$164.00US$80.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$72.88
US$109.92
+50.8%
14.2%US$138.00US$80.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$62.00
US$109.70
+76.9%
14.0%US$138.00US$80.00n/a13
Sep ’25US$64.12
US$112.17
+74.9%
11.8%US$138.00US$90.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$54.65
US$112.17
+105.3%
11.8%US$138.00US$90.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$55.32
US$112.08
+102.6%
11.7%US$138.00US$90.00n/a12
Jun ’25US$62.26
US$112.45
+80.6%
11.9%US$138.00US$90.00n/a11
May ’25US$76.43
US$108.44
+41.9%
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$28.00US$52.949
Nov ’24US$9.57
US$34.00
+255.3%
10.2%US$40.00US$28.00US$72.889
Oct ’24US$11.07
US$33.80
+205.3%
9.9%US$40.00US$28.00US$62.0010
Sep ’24US$14.51
US$33.80
+132.9%
9.9%US$40.00US$28.00US$64.1210
Aug ’24US$14.16
US$33.80
+138.7%
9.9%US$40.00US$28.00US$54.6510
Jul ’24US$16.21
US$33.30
+105.4%
12.5%US$40.00US$25.00US$55.3210
Jun ’24US$21.97
US$33.30
+51.6%
12.5%US$40.00US$25.00US$62.2610
May ’24US$22.12
US$28.80
+30.2%
18.0%US$35.00US$19.00US$76.4310
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

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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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

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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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