Both in Pharmaceuticals

Viking Therapeutics vs Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Over the past year VKTX returned −24.2% and ACAD returned −8.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

VKTX −24.2% ACAD −8.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVKTXACAD
Price$27.28$20.59
Market cap$3.48B$3.55B
Today+1.56%−0.82%
1 month−10.6%+3.5%
6 months−9.1%−6.2%
Year to date−22.5%−22.9%
1 year−22.5%−8.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+16.4%
Gross margin—90.8%
Net margin—10.2%
P/E (TTM)—9.3×
Price / sales—3.1×
Net cash$709.2M$956.5M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)86.8%44.3%
Short % of float22.8%7.1%
Next earnings——

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