Viking Therapeutics VKTX has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 23.35% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 35.65%. Currently, Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $3.63 billion.

Buying $1000 In VKTX: If an investor had bought $1000 of VKTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $4,592.38 today based on a price of $32.60 for VKTX at the time of writing.

Viking Therapeutics's Performance Over Last 5 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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