Institutional shares held 66.6 Million
7.29M calls
3.89M puts
Total value of holdings $2.65B
$290M calls
$155M puts
Market Cap $3.05B
76,688,496 Shares Out.
Institutional ownership 86.83%
# of Institutions 436


Latest Institutional Activity in VKTX

Top Purchases

Q3 2025
Citadel Advisors LLC Shares Held: 1.9M ($75.6M)
Q3 2025
Two Sigma Investments, LP Shares Held: 2.09M ($83M)
Q3 2025
State Street Corp Shares Held: 4.51M ($180M)
Q3 2025
Ameriprise Financial Inc Shares Held: 2.09M ($83.3M)
Q3 2025
Tang Capital Management LLC Shares Held: 870K ($34.6M)

Top Sells

Q3 2025
Pictet Asset Management Holding Sa Shares Held: 1.2M ($47.6M)
Q3 2025
Braidwell LP Shares Held: 759K ($30.2M)
Q3 2025
Jpmorgan Chase & CO Shares Held: 2.58M ($103M)
Q3 2025
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC Shares Held: 64.4K ($2.56M)
Q3 2025
Millennium Management LLC Shares Held: 428K ($17M)

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
627K Shares
From 6 Insiders
Grant, award, or other acquisition 605K shares
Exercise of conversion of derivative security 20.8K shares
Open market or private purchase 1.24K shares
Sell / Disposition
446K Shares
From 4 Insiders
Open market or private sale 446K shares

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