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 invested capital

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.00%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1,379.4% (fiscal 2019) to 0.00% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Biotechnology industry median of 0.00% and in line with the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 0.00% 0.00
FY2024 0.00% 0.00
FY2023 0.00% 0.00
FY2022 0.00% 0.00
FY2021 0.00% 0.00
FY2020 0.00% 1,379.43
FY2019 −1,379.4% (1,379.43)
FY2018 0.00% 0.00
FY2017 0.00% 0.00
FY2016 0.00% 0.00

Against its own ten years

Low −1,379.4% High 0.00%
Ten-year median 0.00%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. compare 18.6%
ELVN Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. compare 0.00%
TARS Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 0.00%
CELC Celcuity, Inc. compare 0.00%
IRON Disc Medicine, Inc. compare 0.00%
PBLS Parabilis Medicines, Inc. compare 0.00%
VKTX Viking Therapeutics, Inc. 0.00%
XENE Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. compare −88.5%
DYN Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. compare −1,956.3%
Biotechnology industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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