Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 39.42% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 53.7%. Currently, Viking Therapeutics has a market capitalization of $6.35 billion. Buying $100 In VKTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VKTX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $817.40 today based on a price of $57.30 for VKTX at the time of writing. Viking Therapeutics’s Performance Over Last 5 YearsFinally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns c…