$100 Invested In This Stock 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today

Viking Therapeutics VKTX has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 30.12% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 43.71%. Currently, Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $5.24 billion.

Buying $100 In VKTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VKTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $596.07 today based on a price of $47.00 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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