Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 130 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 43.23% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 31.01M shares of Viking Therapeutics, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -14.31% or -5.17M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 33.08% (43) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 25.38% (33) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 13.85% (18) closed the holdings completely. 19 hedge funds are new holders of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 14.62% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Viking Therapeutics (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 12
Q3 2017 17
Q4 2017 33
Q1 2018 64
Q2 2018 116
Q3 2018 149
Q4 2018 165
Q1 2019 163
Q2 2019 155
Q3 2019 143
Q4 2019 140
Q1 2020 131
Q2 2020 136
Q3 2020 137
Q4 2020 138
Q1 2021 140
Q2 2021 133
Q3 2021 128
Q4 2021 131
Q1 2022 130

Hedge funds changes in Viking Therapeutics positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 32133
Q3 2017 82124
Q4 2017 23717-5
Q1 2018 3515743
Q2 2018 69281316-10
Q3 2018 54553220-12
Q4 2018 51703733-26
Q1 2019 265845295
Q2 2019 2149432418
Q3 2019 1448422613
Q4 2019 253944257
Q1 2020 203939276
Q2 2020 2142451612
Q3 2020 1634481425
Q4 2020 184448199
Q1 2021 214944179
Q2 2021 1339511911
Q3 2021 840451322
Q4 2021 293736263
Q1 2022 1943331817

Hedge funds changes in Viking Therapeutics stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 0 0
Q3 2017 0 0
Q4 2017 0 0
Q1 2018 622,000 214,000
Q2 2018 4,941,000 7,402,000
Q3 2018 21,235,000 36,950,000
Q4 2018 5,835,000 6,589,000
Q1 2019 23,561,000 18,012,000
Q2 2019 16,535,000 12,331,000
Q3 2019 14,887,000 7,815,000
Q4 2019 12,307,000 10,966,000
Q1 2020 4,124,000 2,370,000
Q2 2020 9,400,000 3,499,000
Q3 2020 5,184,000 2,761,000
Q4 2020 3,221,000 2,867,000
Q1 2021 4,389,000 2,193,000
Q2 2021 2,553,000 1,700,000
Q3 2021 3,483,000 1,558,000
Q4 2021 1,073,000 933,000
Q1 2022 475,000 637,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VKTX)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
VANGUARD GROUP INC 9.06M 3.33M 0.000%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 8.44M 3.10M 0.005%
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Dmitry Balyasny 7.27M 2.67M 0.022%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 3.98M 1.46M 0.000%
MARSHALL WACE, LLP Paul Marshall 3.63M 1.33M 0.008%
LAURION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 3.53M 1.29M 0.021%
WALLEYE CAPITAL LLC 2.98M 1.09M 0.057%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 2.84M 1.04M 0.004%
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP John Overdeck 2.68M 986.32K 0.009%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 2.48M 913.96K 0.001%
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 2.46M 906.62K 0.007%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.77M 653.03K 0.000%
DAFNA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.50M 552.4K 0.404%
JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 1.32M 487.31K 0.011%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 1.29M 474.23K 0.000%
IKARIAN CAPITAL, LLC 1.26M 463.15K 0.251%
MORGAN STANLEY 1.08M 399.24K 0.000%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 898K 330.1K 0.001%
KNOTT DAVID M JR 821K 301.80K 0.345%
CUBIST SYSTEMATIC STRATEGIES, LLC 790K 290.27K 0.004%
CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 707K 259.88K 0.005%
AFFINITY ASSET ADVISORS, LLC 680K 250K 0.190%
UBS OCONNOR LLC 672K 247K 0.013%
STATE STREET CORP 671K 246.84K 0.000%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 655K 240.66K 0.000%
GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 602K 221.48K 0.080%
CAXTON ASSOCIATES LP 547K 201.03K 0.073%
ERGOTELES LLC 539K 198.16K 0.019%
MAN GROUP PLC Ian Livingston 497K 182.68K 0.002%
GROUP ONE TRADING, L.P. 402K 147.61K 0.001%
ADVISOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 399K 146.21K 0.001%
CORNERSTONE CAPITAL, INC. 392K 143.98K 0.055%
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC. 390K 143.20K 0.001%
J. GOLDMAN & CO LP 367K 135K 0.018%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 345K 126.79K 0.000%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 320K 117.76K 0.000%
BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 310K 113.78K 0.001%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 285K 104.72K 0.000%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 284K 104.14K 0.000%
SCHONFELD STRATEGIC ADVISORS LLC 213K 78.22K 0.002%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 199K 73.2K 0.000%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 190K 69.8K 0.000%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 175K 64.2K 0.000%
QUANTUM PRIVATE WEALTH, LLC 170K 62.54K 0.106%
JUMP FINANCIAL, LLC 163K 60K 0.006%
FIERA CAPITAL CORP 143K 52.65K 0.001%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 143K 52.24K 0.000%
BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 134K 49.34K 0.003%
SUMMIT FINANCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 131K 32.52K 0.038%
PDT PARTNERS, LLC 127K 46.75K 0.019%