Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

VKTX stock score: 32/100

$25.83 · -2.08% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
32
Fundamental
31
News
55

The reading

Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) scores 32 out of 100, which reads bearish, higher than 6% of Healthcare stocks and 3% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 32, fundamentals 31.

Among the fundamentals, Fair Value at 100 and Price Target at 100 score highest, while Earnings Quality (Yearly) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 18 and contrarian oscillators 62 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 55; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 31 to 67, and it is down 34 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward VKTX’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

31

Pulling it up

  • Fair Value100

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Quick Ratio99

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Quality (Yearly)0

    Annual earnings quality examines the durability and cash-backed nature of yearly profits.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)0

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Return on Assets (ROA)0

    Return on Assets (ROA) shows how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate profit.

27 weighted scorers; 14 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

23

Pulling it up

  • Money Flow Index (14)93

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)90

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Williams %R (28)80

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

Holding it back

  • Performance vs SPY0

    Performance versus SPY compares the stock's returns to the S&P 500 index.

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA Trend 200

    SMA 20 Trend tracks the direction and steepness of the 20-period average.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
55

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly351
Daily233
Weekly242
Monthly402
Quarterly432

Composite score, last 90 days

05010032Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 66Jul 26, 2026: 66Jul 27, 2026: 67Jul 28, 2026: 65Jul 29, 2026: 66Jul 30, 2026: 65Jul 31, 2026: 60Aug 2, 2026: 47Aug 3, 2026: 48Aug 5, 2026: 49Aug 6, 2026: 49Aug 7, 2026: 49Aug 8, 2026: 49Aug 9, 2026: 49Aug 10, 2026: 50Aug 11, 2026: 48Aug 12, 2026: 48Aug 13, 2026: 44Aug 14, 2026: 45Aug 15, 2026: 45Aug 16, 2026: 44Aug 17, 2026: 47Aug 18, 2026: 50Aug 19, 2026: 53Aug 20, 2026: 53Aug 22, 2026: 45Aug 23, 2026: 45Aug 24, 2026: 42Aug 25, 2026: 46Aug 26, 2026: 45Aug 27, 2026: 43Aug 28, 2026: 40Aug 29, 2026: 40Aug 30, 2026: 38Aug 31, 2026: 39Sep 1, 2026: 44Sep 2, 2026: 44Sep 3, 2026: 45Sep 4, 2026: 45Sep 5, 2026: 47Sep 6, 2026: 47Sep 7, 2026: 46Sep 8, 2026: 46Sep 9, 2026: 41Sep 10, 2026: 38Sep 11, 2026: 37Sep 12, 2026: 39Sep 13, 2026: 39Sep 14, 2026: 38Sep 15, 2026: 36Sep 16, 2026: 35Sep 17, 2026: 35Sep 18, 2026: 35Sep 19, 2026: 35Sep 20, 2026: 35Sep 21, 2026: 37Sep 22, 2026: 52Sep 23, 2026: 51Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 49Sep 26, 2026: 49Sep 27, 2026: 49Sep 28, 2026: 44Sep 29, 2026: 39Sep 30, 2026: 38Oct 1, 2026: 37Oct 2, 2026: 35Oct 3, 2026: 35Oct 4, 2026: 35Oct 5, 2026: 34Oct 6, 2026: 34Oct 7, 2026: 34Oct 8, 2026: 33Oct 9, 2026: 34Oct 10, 2026: 34Oct 11, 2026: 34Oct 12, 2026: 34Oct 13, 2026: 32Oct 14, 2026: 32Oct 15, 2026: 33Oct 16, 2026: 31Oct 17, 2026: 31Oct 18, 2026: 31Oct 19, 2026: 31Oct 20, 2026: 33Oct 21, 2026: 33Oct 22, 2026: 32
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 22, 202632
Oct 21, 202633
Oct 20, 202633
Oct 19, 202631
Oct 18, 202631
Oct 17, 202631
Oct 16, 202631
Oct 15, 202633
Oct 14, 202632
Oct 13, 202632
Oct 12, 202634
Oct 11, 202634
Oct 10, 202634
Oct 9, 202634
Oct 8, 202633
Oct 7, 202634
Oct 6, 202634
Oct 5, 202634
Oct 4, 202635
Oct 3, 202635
Oct 2, 202635
Oct 1, 202637
Sep 30, 202638
Sep 29, 202639
Sep 28, 202644
Sep 27, 202649
Sep 26, 202649
Sep 25, 202649
Sep 24, 202648
Sep 23, 202651
Sep 22, 202652
Sep 21, 202637
Sep 20, 202635
Sep 19, 202635
Sep 18, 202635
Sep 17, 202635
Sep 16, 202635
Sep 15, 202636
Sep 14, 202638
Sep 13, 202639
Sep 12, 202639
Sep 11, 202637
Sep 10, 202638
Sep 9, 202641
Sep 8, 202646
Sep 7, 202646
Sep 6, 202647
Sep 5, 202647
Sep 4, 202645
Sep 3, 202645
Sep 2, 202644
Sep 1, 202644
Aug 31, 202639
Aug 30, 202638
Aug 29, 202640
Aug 28, 202640
Aug 27, 202643
Aug 26, 202645
Aug 25, 202646
Aug 24, 202642
Aug 23, 202645
Aug 22, 202645
Aug 20, 202653
Aug 19, 202653
Aug 18, 202650
Aug 17, 202647
Aug 16, 202644
Aug 15, 202645
Aug 14, 202645
Aug 13, 202644
Aug 12, 202648
Aug 11, 202648
Aug 10, 202650
Aug 9, 202649
Aug 8, 202649
Aug 7, 202649
Aug 6, 202649
Aug 5, 202649
Aug 3, 202648
Aug 2, 202647
Jul 31, 202660
Jul 30, 202665
Jul 29, 202666
Jul 28, 202665
Jul 27, 202667
Jul 26, 202666
Jul 25, 202666

Key facts

Market cap
$3.3B
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Beta
0.65
Risk grade (1–10)
9
Next earnings
Oct 28, 2026

Questions

What is VKTX's stock score today?

VKTX scores 32/100 (Bearish) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 32, fundamental 31, and news sentiment 55, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is VKTX a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 32 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean bearish today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the VKTX score calculated?

88 weighted scorers feed it today: 27 fundamental, scored against Healthcare ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.