VKTX — Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Measured signals that fired on VKTX
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Cluster sale: three or more insiders insider | -0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-24 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-17 | Short volume far above its own normal short | -0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-07 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-30 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-24 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | Kelly-Gemmell Dorothy Elizabeth Director | Grant or award | 6.3K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-29 | Lian Brian President & CEO | Open-market sale | 148.5K | 33.32 | 4.9M |
| 2026-07-29 | ZANTE GREG Chief Financial Officer | Open-market sale | 21.2K | 33.47 | 710.1K |
| 2026-07-29 | Mancini Marianna Chief Operating Officer | Open-market sale | 18.2K | 33.47 | 609.6K |
| 2026-07-28 | ZANTE GREG Chief Financial Officer | Grant or award | 31.7K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-28 | Lian Brian President & CEO | Grant or award | 221.7K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-28 | Mancini Marianna Chief Operating Officer | Grant or award | 31.7K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-03-10 | Aubuchon Neil William Chief Commercial Officer | Open-market purchase | 4.5K | 33.50 | 149.9K |
| 2026-01-05 | Lian Brian President & CEO | Open-market sale | 132.5K | 32.29 | 4.3M |
| 2026-01-05 | Lian Brian President & CEO | Open-market sale | 53.3K | 33.38 | 1.8M |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 223.9M | 6.9M |
| FMR LLC | 196.0M | 6.0M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 163.1M | 5.0M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 145.3M | 4.5M |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | 144.2M | 4.4M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 143.0M | 4.4M |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 113.5M | 2.1M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 98.1M | 3.0M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 67.8M | 2.1M |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 67.6M | 2.1M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-01 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 3 | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-01 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| S-3ASR | 2026-07-30 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-28 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-28 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-28 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 10-Q | 2026-07-29 | 2026-06-30 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-07-29 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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