VKTX
Weight-loss drug makers rise on oral development news
- VKTX +5.87% on the last session vs SPY +0.13%: +5.7 pts of stock-specific move.
- Weight-loss drugs: Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are developing oral weight-loss drugs, per BusinessWorld Online. (BusinessWorld Online)
- Weight-loss drugs basket +4.1% (+4.0 pts vs SPY; LLY +4.4%, NVO +3.7%): the stock moved with its peers.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Best and worst times to own VKTX in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | +35.7% | #3 | Aug 18, 2025 | Aug 19, 2025 | -42.1% | #2 |
| one week | Sep 16, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | +41.1% | #13 | Aug 12, 2025 | Aug 19, 2025 | -38.9% | #2 |
| one month | Jun 5, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | +48.1% | #47 | Aug 15, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | -42.3% | #12 |
| 3 months | May 14, 2025 | Aug 14, 2025 | +51.4% | #108 | Oct 25, 2024 | Jan 27, 2025 | -57.1% | #2 |
| 6 months | Apr 8, 2025 | Oct 8, 2025 | +62.0% | #127 | Oct 15, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -69.4% | #1 |
| one year | Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 8, 2026 | +68.5% | #160 | Oct 15, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -69.4% | #4 |
Rank #13 for the best one week means 12 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
+5.9% | -2.8% | -10.0% | -28.7% | -23.9% | -23.2% |
| Best one single day Sep 21, 2026 |
+3.9% | -4.5% | -11.2% | -0.9% | -6.9% | +18.5% |
| Best one week Sep 16, 2026 |
-1.4% | -9.7% | -11.1% | -0.4% | -18.0% | +24.6% |
| Best one month Jun 5, 2026 |
-4.5% | -13.1% | -9.1% | -9.7% | -26.2% | +5.2% |
| Best 3 months May 14, 2025 |
-4.2% | -3.6% | +8.1% | -12.8% | -50.4% | -63.4% |
| Best 6 months Apr 8, 2025 |
-6.1% | -16.4% | -31.3% | -50.8% | -70.0% | -73.7% |
| Best one year Apr 8, 2025 |
-6.1% | -16.4% | -31.3% | -50.8% | -70.0% | -73.7% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.