VKTX

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

Company with tickers: VKTX

CIK

1607678

CUSIP

92686J106

Shares Outstanding

116,105,643

13F Activity (30d)

205 filings 204 filers

Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.

Short Squeeze Score

72/100

Short interest 19.3% of shares — P98 Days to cover 11.7 — P92 Short-volume trend -7.4% — P25

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-05-29	22,371,620	22,278,429	+93,191	1,913,803	11.69
2026-05-15	22,278,429	22,652,414	-373,985	1,989,996	11.20
2026-04-30	22,652,414	23,110,005	-457,591	2,538,279	8.92
2026-04-15	23,110,005	24,006,215	-896,210	2,091,871	11.05
2026-03-31	24,006,215	24,296,409	-290,194	2,443,493	9.82
2026-03-13	24,296,409	24,324,779	-28,370	2,458,471	9.88
2026-02-27	24,324,779	26,159,249	-1,834,470	2,244,524	10.84
2026-02-13	26,159,249	26,061,262	+97,987	3,773,794	6.93
2026-01-30	26,061,262	25,128,113	+933,149	2,639,003	9.88
2026-01-15	25,128,113	24,344,265	+783,848	4,209,756	5.97
2025-12-31	24,344,265	24,029,319	+314,946	2,077,360	11.72
2025-12-15	24,029,319	22,990,072	+1,039,247	2,735,301	8.78
2025-11-28	22,990,072	24,785,654	-1,795,582	2,958,796	7.77
2025-11-14	24,785,654	24,173,606	+612,048	4,589,986	5.40
2025-10-31	24,173,606	25,450,539	-1,276,933	4,468,082	5.41
2025-10-15	25,450,539	27,543,130	-2,092,591	5,192,974	4.90
2025-09-30	27,543,130	27,010,893	+532,237	5,396,613	5.10
2025-09-15	27,010,893	26,677,306	+333,587	5,006,165	5.40
2025-08-29	26,677,306	27,513,109	-835,803	14,455,409	1.85
2025-08-15	27,513,109	28,698,835	-1,185,726	4,754,096	5.79
2025-07-31	28,698,835	28,599,499	+99,336	4,066,766	7.06
2025-07-15	28,599,499	28,654,119	-54,620	3,640,173	7.86
2025-06-30	28,654,119	28,474,422	+179,697	4,170,791	6.87
2025-06-13	28,474,422	26,708,577	+1,765,845	3,351,951	8.49

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