Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

VKTX Healthcare Biotechnology

EPS
−91.6%
Free cash flow
−47.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

26.82 1.03 +3.99%
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) Return on assets

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −73.1%, down 28.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−44.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −253.3% (fiscal 2015) to −8.79% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Biotechnology industry median of −45.6% and below the Healthcare sector median of −29.3%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 −44.3% (27.07)
FY2024 −17.2% 14.77
FY2023 −32.0% 4.33
FY2022 −36.3% (12.78)
FY2021 −23.5% (8.93)
FY2020 −14.6% (5.82)
FY2019 −8.79% 4.81
FY2018 −13.6% 98.67
FY2017 −112.3% (13.98)
FY2016 −98.3% 154.97

Against its own ten years

Low −253.3% High −8.79%
Ten-year median −32.0%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. compare 23.2%
PBLS Parabilis Medicines, Inc. compare 0.00%
ELVN Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. compare −15.0%
IRON Disc Medicine, Inc. compare −35.1%
XENE Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. compare −41.5%
CELC Celcuity, Inc. compare −44.8%
DYN Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. compare −60.3%
VKTX Viking Therapeutics, Inc. −73.1%
TARS Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare −135.0%
Biotechnology industry median −45.6%
Healthcare sector median −29.3%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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