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VKTX (Viking Therapeutics) Debt-to-Equity : 0.00 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Viking Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity?

Viking Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.48 Mil. Viking Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.76 Mil. Viking Therapeutics's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $911.45 Mil. Viking Therapeutics's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.00.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Viking Therapeutics was 1.43. The lowest was -0.07. And the median was 0.00.

VKTX's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 0.14
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Viking Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Viking Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Viking Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Viking Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Viking Therapeutics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Viking Therapeutics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Viking Therapeutics  (NAS:VKTX) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Viking Therapeutics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9920 Pacific Heights Boulevard, Suite 350, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
Viking Therapeutics Inc is a healthcare service provider. The company specializes in the area of biopharmaceutical development focused on metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company's clinical program pipeline consists of VK2809, VK5211, VK0214 products. VK2809 and VK0214 are orally available, tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonists of the thyroid hormone receptor beta. VK5211 is an orally available, non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator.
Executives
Lawson Macartney director C/O AMBRX, INC., 10975 N. TORREY PINES RD., LA JOLLA CA 92037
Greg Zante officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES, INC STE-A-100, POINT RICHMOND TECH, 501 CANAL BLVD,, RICHMOND CA 94804
Sarah Kathryn Rouan director 4995 BRADENTON AVENUE, SUITE 240, DUBLIN OH 43017
J Matthew Singleton director 286 STANWICH ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
Brian Lian director, officer: President & CEO C/O SEELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 300 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Marianna Mancini officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 12340 EL CAMINO REAL, STE 250, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Rowland Charles A Jr director 3338 LANCASHIRE RD, FURLONG PA 18925
Matthew W Foehr director 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES RD #200, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc 10 percent owner 3911 SORRENTO VALLEY BLVD, SUITE 110, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Hiroko Masamune officer: Chief Development Officer C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 12340 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 250, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Michael Morneau officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O TRIUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6410 NANCY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 101, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Stephen W Webster director C/O OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC, 101 HUDSON STREET, SAN DIEGO CA 07302
Rochelle Hanley officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 50, SAN DIEGO CA 92037
Michael Dinerman officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 50, SAN DIEGO CA 92037