The Best Biotech Stock to Invest $1,000 in Right Now [Yahoo! Finance]
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)
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has a couple of mid-stage programs that are shaping up to make a big splash in their target markets, assuming they end up getting approved. And that could happen fairly soon. On average, the analysts on Wall Street see the biotech's stock rising by 116% during the next 12 months. That's a sign it's an appealing option for investing a relatively small sum, perhaps as small as $1,000, to capture the large amount of growth that could be on the way. Here's what you need to know. This setup is better than any other biotech stock at the moment The investment thesis for buying $1,000 of Viking Therapeutics is based on its plans for entering two big markets, one of which is much more important right now than the other. Its candidate called VK2735 is being developed as an injection to help people lose weight, and it just wrapped up its phase 2 clinical trials with flying colors. After a little more than three months, patients lost nearly 15% of their body weight, well in excess of th
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- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Falls More Steeply Than Broader Market: What Investors Need to Know [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Ascends While Market Falls: Some Facts to Note [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Why Viking Therapeutics Stock Was So Healthy on Wednesday [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) had its "outperform" rating re-affirmed by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.. They now have a $138.00 price target on the stock.MarketBeat
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com to a "sell" rating.MarketBeat
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Earnings
- 7/24/24 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 9/20/24 - Form 4
- 9/20/24 - Form 4
- 9/20/24 - Form 144
- VKTX's page on the SEC website