Institutional shares held 64.4 Million
5.8M calls
3.76M puts
Total value of holdings $1.86B
$168M calls
$109M puts
Market Cap $2.21B
76,688,496 Shares Out.
Institutional ownership 83.93%
# of Institutions 457


Latest Institutional Activity in VKTX

Top Purchases

Q1 2025
Kintayl Capital LP Shares Held: 100K ($2.89M)
Q1 2025
Profit Investment Management, LLC Shares Held: 118K ($3.4M)
Q1 2025
Rfg Advisory, LLC Shares Held: 39.7K ($1.14M)
Q1 2025
Caas Capital Management LP Shares Held: 43.2K ($1.25M)
Q1 2025
Oppenheimer & CO Inc Shares Held: 145K ($4.17M)

Top Sells

Q1 2025
Handelsbanken Fonder Ab Shares Held: 35.8K ($1.03M)
Q1 2025
Deka Bank Deutsche Girozentrale Shares Held: 12K ($346K)
Q1 2025
Principal Financial Group Inc Shares Held: 598K ($17.3M)
Q1 2025
Gamma Investing LLC Shares Held: 1.01K ($29.2K)
Q1 2025
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. Shares Held: 115K ($3.33M)

About VKTX

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; 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.


Insider Transactions at VKTX

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Last 12 Months Summary

Buy / Acquisition
1.13M Shares
From 10 Insiders
Exercise of conversion of derivative security 477K shares
Grant, award, or other acquisition 653K shares
Open market or private purchase 1.24K shares
Sell / Disposition
993K Shares
From 6 Insiders
Open market or private sale 993K shares

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