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sellWeak cluster of 4

Lawson Macartney sold $137k of VKTX

director at Viking Therapeutics, Inc.. 2,000 shares at an average of $68.67, traded Nov 8, 2024, filed Nov 8, 2024.

Warning score
26
Value
$137k
2,000 shares
Holdings after
47,965
-4% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $137k at market
    +11
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 4.0% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -25.8%, 3m -52.5%, 6m -59.8%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

VKTXOct 12, 2026 · close 28.34
Since filing Nov 8, 2024: -58.6%SPY +33.1% · excess -91.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000950170-24-124296, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 8, 2024MOption exercise
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
+2,000$5.80$12k49,965Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
-2,000$68.67$137k47,965Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-2,000$0.00$020,000Nov 8, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at Viking Therapeutics, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
65Notable
VKTXsell 3
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Brian Lian
President & CEO
$4.9M
148,517 shares
-5%
55Moderate
VKTXsell 3
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Marianna Mancini
Chief Operating Officer
$610k
18,217 shares
-4%
58Moderate
VKTXsell 3
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Greg Zante
Chief Financial Officer
$710k
21,217 shares
-9%
38Weak
VKTXbuy
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Neil William Aubuchon
Chief Commercial Officer
$150k
4,475 shares
-
39Weak
VKTXsell 4
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Matthew W Foehr
director
$562k
16,000 shares
-11%
65Notable
VKTXsell 4
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Brian Lian
President & CEO
$7.7M
233,409 shares
-9%
65Notable
VKTXsell 4
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Marianna Mancini
Chief Operating Officer
$1.9M
57,661 shares
-12%
67Notable
VKTXsell 4
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Greg Zante
Chief Financial Officer
$1.9M
57,661 shares
-23%
65Notable
VKTXsell 4
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Brian Lian
President & CEO
$1.4M
38,989 shares
-2%
47Moderate
VKTXsell 4
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Marianna Mancini
Chief Operating Officer
$216k
6,185 shares
-2%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Lawson Macartney sold $137k of VKTX | InsiderTell