Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

VKTX Healthcare Biotechnology

EPS
−91.6%
Free cash flow
−47.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

26.79 1.00 +3.88%
Market cap
$3.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
—
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX) Current ratio

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 7.3×, down 2.1× from fiscal 2025 (9.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.2× (fiscal 2016) to 66.4× (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 4.9× and above the Healthcare sector median of 3.1×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 9.3× (71.80%)
FY2024 33.1× 72.44%
FY2023 19.2× 152.15%
FY2022 7.6× (68.27%)
FY2021 24.0× 13.59%
FY2020 21.1× (49.53%)
FY2019 41.8× (37.00%)
FY2018 66.4× 2,530.76%
FY2017 2.5× 16.98%
FY2016 2.2× (71.94%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 7.3× 53.96%
Jun 2026 4.7× (17.49%)
Mar 2026 5.7× (38.71%)
Dec 2025 9.3× (67.06%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.2× High 66.4×
Ten-year median 19.2×
Current reading's percentile 45

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
ELVN Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. compare 64.1×
IRON Disc Medicine, Inc. compare 24.1×
XENE Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. compare 21.0×
PBLS Parabilis Medicines, Inc. compare 17.9×
DYN Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. compare 12.0×
CELC Celcuity, Inc. compare 8.9×
VKTX Viking Therapeutics, Inc. 7.3×
ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. compare 3.8×
TARS Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 2.0×
Biotechnology industry median 4.9×
Healthcare sector median 3.1×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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