Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 42.63% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 56.65%. Currently, Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $6.92 billion.

Buying $1000 In VKTX: If an investor had bought $1000 of VKTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $9,757.81 today based on a price of $62.49 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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