Viking Therapeutics

VKTX • NASDAQ

Viking Therapeutics is a biotechnology company in the healthcare sector on NASDAQ, led by Brian Lian, Ph.D., with a market cap of $4.2B. As of Q3 2025, 63% of shares are held by 357 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 8.89%.

Chief Executive OfficerBrian Lian, Ph.D.

Market Cap$4.2B

Biotechnology

Healthcare

Employees30.0

Websitevikingtherapeutics.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in VKTX as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $3.0B

All Institutions

Institutions: 357
Value Held: $1.9B
Shares Held: 71.0M
Avg Position: $5.2M
Median Position: $370.2K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 44
Value Held: $290.2M
Shares Held: 11.0M
Avg Position: $6.6M
Median Position: $2.3M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

53.33%

$1.6B

Hedge Funds

9.82%

$290.2M

Retail & Other

36.85%

$1.1B

Based on market cap of $3.0B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in VKTX as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$262.8M 0.00% of portfolio	8.89% 10.0M shares	Q2 2015 Held for 10y 5m	$6.69T
FMR LLC Institution	-	$152.2M 0.01% of portfolio	5.15% 5.8M shares	Q1 2022 Held for 3y 8m	$1.92T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$147.1M 0.00% of portfolio	4.98% 5.6M shares	Q1 2017 Held for 8y 8m	$5.67T
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$118.6M 0.00% of portfolio	4.01% 4.5M shares	Q1 2018 Held for 7y 8m	$2.88T
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$98.0M 0.01% of portfolio	3.32% 3.7M shares	Q1 2018 Held for 7y 8m	$1.65T
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	Jamie Dimon CEO	$67.7M 0.00% of portfolio	2.29% 2.6M shares	Q2 2018 Held for 7y 5m	$1.56T
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	-	$55.2M 0.08% of portfolio	1.87% 2.1M shares	Q3 2017 Held for 8y 2m	$67.9B
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC Institution	Jim Cracchiolo CEO	$55.0M 0.01% of portfolio	1.86% 2.1M shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$433.11B
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Scott David Hoffman CEO	$54.8M 0.09% of portfolio	1.85% 2.1M shares	Q2 2020 Held for 5y 5m	$62.0B
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Kenneth Cordele Griffin CEO	$49.9M 0.04% of portfolio	1.69% 1.9M shares	Q3 2017 Held for 8y 2m	$122.08B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for VKTX in Q3 2025

Traded: −$75.3M
Buyers: 190
Sellers: 170
Total Bought: +$267.8M
Total Sold: −$343.1M
Avg Position: $4.4M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$26.9M +1.0M shares	$49.9M 1.9M shares
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$20.3M +771.7K shares	$54.8M 2.1M shares
STATE STREET CORP Institution	+$19.4M +738.1K shares	$118.6M 4.5M shares
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC Institution	+$16.2M +616.5K shares	$55.0M 2.1M shares
T TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Institution	+$13.1M +500.0K shares	$22.9M 870.0K shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	+$12.7M +481.4K shares	$98.0M 3.7M shares
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$12.2M +463.7K shares	$40.9M 1.6M shares
UBS Group AG Institution	+$10.3M +390.8K shares	$35.3M 1.3M shares
B BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP Hedge Fund•Sector	+$9.6M +366.1K shares	$9.6M 366.1K shares
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$6.4M +244.5K shares	$6.4M 244.5K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
FMR LLC Institution	−$106.0M −4.0M shares	$152.2M 5.8M shares
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA Long Only Manager	−$18.9M −720.6K shares	$31.4M 1.2M shares
B BRAIDWELL LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$17.8M −678.1K shares	$20.0M 759.5K shares
FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC Long Only Manager	−$16.9M −638.2K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
D Duquesne Family Office LLC Institution	−$14.6M −549.3K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
C Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC Institution	−$14.0M −532.3K shares	$1.7M 64.4K shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$13.5M −514.2K shares	$11.2M 427.7K shares
CITIGROUP INC Institution	−$11.8M −449.5K shares	$10.9M 414.6K shares
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	−$8.3M −314.7K shares	$42.3M 1.6M shares
PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	−$7.2M −275.1K shares	$2.8M 105.6K shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited VKTX in Q3 2025

New Positions: 29
New Value: $9.2M
Exited Positions: 68
Exited Value: $83.6M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Bridgewater Associates, LP Hedge Fund•Global Macro	$3.2M 123.5K shares
F Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.7M 66.4K shares
Summit Financial, LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.5M 58.1K shares
Inspire Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$594.3K 22.6K shares
Lido Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$574.1K 21.8K shares
Sheets Smith Investment Management RIA/Wealth	$351.2K 13.4K shares
Hutchinson Financial Advisors, INC RIA/Wealth	$284.9K 10.8K shares
Pinnacle Wealth Management Group, Inc. RIA/Wealth	$251.4K 9.6K shares
Groupe la Francaise Fund of Funds	$235.1K 10.7K shares
B Bridgefront Capital, LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$233.8K 8.9K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC Long Only Manager	$16.9M 638.2K shares
D Duquesne Family Office LLC Institution	$14.6M 549.3K shares
5 5AM Venture Management, LLC Institution	$5.0M 189.6K shares
Aquatic Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$4.3M 163.7K shares
C CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM Institution	$3.6M 135.4K shares
Weiss Asset Management LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$3.2M 121.8K shares
APIS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$3.1M 116.5K shares
C CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. Institution	$2.3M 86.7K shares
T Tejara Capital Ltd Institution	$1.8M 68.0K shares
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$1.5M 55.4K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in VKTX as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 32
Call Value: $189.6M
Put Positions: 14
Put Value: $102.7M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$51.9M 19.8K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$33.3M 12.7K contracts
Caption Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$24.0M 9.1K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$18.5M 7.1K contracts
DIADEMA PARTNERS LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$10.6M 4.1K contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$10.5M 4.0K contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$7.1M 2.8K contracts
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$5.5M 2.1K contracts
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$5.4M 2.0K contracts
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	$3.6M 1.4K contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$46.6M 17.7K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$32.4M 12.3K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$7.8M 3.0K contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$5.1M 1.9K contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$2.8M 1.1K contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$2.7M 1.0K contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$2.3M 862.0 contracts
Caption Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$2.0M 769.0 contracts
B BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SA Institution	$788.4K 3.0 contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$336.4K 128.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with VKTX as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
BlackBarn Capital Partners LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Jeremy Jason Edelstein CFO	4.59% $13.1M	0.44% 500.0K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$286.2M
DIADEMA PARTNERS LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Timothy Beau Bassett CIO	3.55% $5.1M	0.17% 193.7K shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$143.3M
P Profit Investment Management, LLC Institution	-	2.53% $2.0M	0.07% 76.6K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$79.5M
F First Washington CORP RIA/Wealth	David Dixon Lewis Chairman	1.88% $7.0M	0.24% 266.8K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$373.0M
Kintayl Capital LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Ashley Taylor Amarosa COO	1.81% $2.6M	0.09% 100.2K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 11 months	$145.8M
M Maso Capital Partners Ltd Institution	-	1.18% $657.0K	0.02% 25.0K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$55.5M
T TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Institution	-	0.90% $22.9M	0.77% 870.0K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$2.5B
P Persistent Asset Partners Ltd Institution	-	0.85% $1.2M	0.04% 44.6K shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$137.1M
Quantum Private Wealth, LLC RIA/Wealth	James Marshall Perkins President	0.81% $2.8M	0.09% 105.0K shares	Q4 2021 Held for 3y 11m	$341.6M
B BRAIDWELL LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Brian James Kreiter CEO	0.81% $20.0M	0.68% 759.5K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$2.5B

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in VKTX

Qsemble Capital Management, LP

Hedge Fund • Quant

Portfolio ManagerSteven Hwa Lin

Portfolio Value: $1.0B
Positions: 437
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Viking Therapeutics

Market Value: $1.9M
Shares Held: 71.2K
Portfolio Weight: 0.18%
Owned Since: 2025-Q1

Top Holding	Sector	Market Value	Weight
1 Western Digital WDC	Computer Hardware Technology	$12.2M	1.19%
2 S&P Global SPGI	Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges Financial Services	$11.4M	1.11%
3 Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY	Drug Manufacturers - General Healthcare	$10.6M	1.03%