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VKTX (Viking Therapeutics) 5-Year Sharpe Ratio : 0.55 (As of Jul. 25, 2025)


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What is Viking Therapeutics 5-Year Sharpe Ratio?

The 5-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk over the past five years. As of today (2025-07-25), Viking Therapeutics's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio is 0.55.


Competitive Comparison of Viking Therapeutics's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Viking Therapeutics's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Sharpe Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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Viking Therapeutics's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Viking Therapeutics's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Viking Therapeutics 5-Year Sharpe Ratio Calculation

The 5-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the performance of an investment such as a stock or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset in the last five years. A stock / portfolio's 5-Year Sharpe Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the five-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the investment returns over the past five years.


Viking Therapeutics  (NAS:VKTX) 5-Year Sharpe Ratio Explanation

The 5-Year Sharpe Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average five-year monthly excess returns divided by its standard deviation in the five-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

The greater a portfolio's Sharpe Ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance. A negative Sharpe Ratio means the risk-free rate is greater than the portfolio’s historical or projected return, or else the portfolio's return is expected to be negative.


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Viking Therapeutics Business Description

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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
Sarah Kathryn Rouan director 4995 BRADENTON AVENUE, SUITE 240, DUBLIN OH 43017
Brian Lian director, officer: President & CEO C/O SEELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 300 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Greg Zante officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES, INC STE-A-100, POINT RICHMOND TECH, 501 CANAL BLVD,, RICHMOND CA 94804
Marianna Mancini officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 12340 EL CAMINO REAL, STE 250, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Lawson Macartney director C/O AMBRX, INC., 10975 N. TORREY PINES RD., LA JOLLA CA 92037
J Matthew Singleton director 286 STANWICH ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
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