Analyst Price Target is $30.25
▲ +67.68% Upside Potential
This price target is based on 9 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Viking Therapeutics in the last 3 months. The average price target is $30.25, with a high forecast of $37.00 and a low forecast of $19.00. The average price target represents a 67.68% upside from the last price of $18.04.
Current Consensus is
Buy
The current consensus among 9 polled investment analysts is to buy stock in Viking Therapeutics. This Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company's lead drug candidate is VK2809, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRß), which is in Phase IIb clinical trials to treat patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, as well as NAFLD. It also develops VK5211, an orally available non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients recovering from non-elective hip fracture surgery; VK0612, an orally available Phase IIb-ready drug candidate for type 2 diabetes; VK2735, a novel dual agonist of the glucagon-like peptide, which is in Phase 1 SAD/MAD clinical trial, and VK0214, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the TRß for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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