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Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 31.7% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 44.98%. Currently, Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $5.61 billion.
Buying $100 In VKTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VKTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $635.71 today based on a price of $50.92 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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