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Acadia Pharmaceuticals vs Viking Therapeutics

Over the past year ACAD returned −8.0% and VKTX returned −27.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

ACAD −8.0% VKTX −27.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACADVKTX
Price$20.57$26.09
Market cap$3.54B$3.33B
Today+0.49%−2.76%
1 month+2.3%−10.9%
6 months−8.0%−16.7%
Year to date−23.0%−25.8%
1 year−9.4%−31.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.4%—
Gross margin90.8%—
Net margin10.2%—
P/E (TTM)9.3×—
Price / sales3.1×—
Net cash$956.5M$709.2M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)43.8%86.7%
Short % of float7.1%22.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).