Viking Therapeutics, Inc. Stock News

I rate Altimmune a 'Strong Buy' and Viking Therapeutics a 'Buy' for high-risk, long-term investors. ALT's Pemvidutide stands out for its lean mass protection, visceral fat reduction, and potential in multiple metabolic diseases, making it an attractive acquisition target. VKTX's VK2735 offers strong weight loss efficacy and dual formulation flexibility, but faces tough competition and lacks cle...

The obesity treatment market is booming, with groundbreaking drugs like Eli Lilly's (LLY 2.28%) Zepbound delivering transformative patient results and powering its stock to a spectacular 400% return in the past five years.

Growth investors have had to work harder than usual to find winners in 2025. With the S&P 500 essentially flat year to date amid President Trump's global trade reset and persistent inflation concerns, the easy gains of prior years have evaporated.

VKTX remains a speculative, high-risk/reward play, with its future hinging on successful Phase III trial results for its obesity drug pipeline. The company's strong cash position and recent manufacturing partnerships support its path toward commercialization, despite expected negative free cash flow through FY2028. VKTX's diversified pipeline, including NAFLD and rare disease prospects, provide...

Investors looking to cash in on the fast-growing market for weight management medicines will naturally turn to the two leaders in this area, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. However, several other companies seem to have somewhat promising prospects in this field.

Viking Therapeutics remains a promising weight-loss drug biotech due to the enrollment of new promising trials. The weight-loss sector's momentum has faded some, but Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have still generated substantial value for shareholders. Viking Therapeutics has upcoming catalysts, including late-July Phase 2 oral data and Phase 3 injectable trial enrollment, potentially driving sign...

Viking targets massive, validated markets with GLP-1/GIP and THR-β agonists, offering injectable and oral alternatives with promising Phase 2/3 results. Positioned as a second-line, tolerable, patient-friendly treatment in an established space with significant addressable market size. Compared to some other binary bets in big pharma, Viking offers leaner operations, lower complexity, faster tri...

VKTX's VENTURE-Oral study of VK2735 has completed enrollment, with a readout set for H2'25. The company's phase 3 program on subcutaneous VK2735 is getting underway, although given it will contain thousands of patients, a readout isn't a near-term prospect. VKTX will evaluate once-monthly maintenance dosing of VK2735 in 2025, which could allow it to confirm it can compete with the likes of agen...