Earnings Preview: Viking Therapeutics


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Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2024-02-07. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Viking Therapeutics will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.26.

Viking Therapeutics bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company missed EPS by $0.01, which was followed by a 9.42% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Viking Therapeutics's past performance and the resulting price change:

QuarterQ3 2023Q2 2023Q1 2023Q4 2022
EPS Estimate-0.22-0.19-0.24-0.23
EPS Actual-0.23-0.19-0.25-0.26
Price Change %-9.42%-3.99%0.31%11.72%

Stock Performance

Shares of Viking Therapeutics were trading at $24.66 as of February 05. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 150.16%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Viking Therapeutics visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.


20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine". A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


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