Why Is Viking Therapeutics Down 29.5 percent Since Last Earnings Report?

VKTX Stock  USD 47.85  2.50  4.97%   
Slightly above 70% of Viking Therapeutics' investor base is looking to short. The analysis of the overall investor sentiment regarding Viking Therapeutics suggests that many traders are alarmed. Viking Therapeutics' investing sentiment can be driven by a variety of factors including economic data, Viking Therapeutics' earnings reports, geopolitical events, and overall market trends.
  
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Viking Therapeutics Current Investor Sentiment

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Viking Therapeutics Investor Sentiment by Other News Outlets

Investor sentiment, mood or attitude towards Viking Therapeutics can have a significant impact on its stock price or the market as a whole. This sentiment can be positive or negative, and various factors, such as economic indicators, news events, or market trends, can influence it. When investor sentiment is positive, investors are more likely to buy stocks, increasing demand and increasing the stock price. Positive investor sentiment can be driven by good news about the company or the broader market, such as solid earnings reports or positive economic data.
Note that negative investor sentiment can cause investors to sell stocks, leading to a decrease in demand and a drop in the stock price. Negative sentiment can be driven by factors such as poor earnings reports, negative news about the company or industry, or broader economic concerns. It's important to note that investor sentiment is just one of many factors that can affect stock prices. Other factors, such as company performance, industry trends, and global economic conditions, can also play a significant role in determining the value of a stock.

Viking Therapeutics Historical Investor Sentiment

Investor biases related to Viking Therapeutics' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Viking. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Viking can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Viking Therapeutics. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Viking Therapeutics' market sentiment shows the aggregated news analyzed to detect positive and negative mentions from the text and comments. The data is normalized to provide daily scores for Viking Therapeutics and other traded tickers. The bigger the bubble, the more accurate the estimated score. Higher bars for a given day show more participation in the average Viking Therapeutics news discussions. The higher the estimate score, the more favorable the investor's outlook on Viking Therapeutics.

Viking Therapeutics Fundamental Analysis

We analyze Viking Therapeutics' financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Viking Therapeutics using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Viking Therapeutics based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

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EBITDA Comparative Analysis

Viking Therapeutics is currently under evaluation in ebitda category among its peers. EBITDA stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of a company operating cash flow based on data from the company income statement and is a very good way to compare companies within industries or across different sectors. However, unlike Operating Cash Flow, EBITDA does not include the effects of changes in working capital.

Viking Therapeutics Potential Pair-trading

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Viking Therapeutics stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Viking Therapeutics could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Viking Therapeutics by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.

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Viking Therapeutics Related Equities

INZYInozyme Pharma   9.56   
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100.0%
ENVBEnveric Biosciences   9.09   
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95.0%
TERNTerns Pharmaceuticals   5.17   
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54.0%
PTCTPTC Therapeutics   4.02   
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42.0%
HEPAHepion Pharmaceuticals   3.28   
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34.0%
MREOMereo BioPharma   1.58   
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16.0%
XFORX4 Pharmaceuticals   0.45   
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4.0%
MCRBSeres Therapeutics   0.43   
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4.0%
ELEVElevation Oncology   0.67   
7.0%
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AXSMAxsome Therapeutics   0.94   
9.0%
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AKROAkero Therapeutics   1.54   
16.0%
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MDGLMadrigal Pharmaceuticals   1.78   
18.0%
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SRPTSarepta Therapeutics   1.78   
18.0%
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DAWNDay One   1.86   
19.0%
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OCEAOcean Biomedical   2.86   
29.0%
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ABOSAcumen Pharmaceuticals   3.56   
37.0%
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