Bumbershoot Holdings: “Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) Struggled Right Off the Bat”

Published on April 8, 2021 at 12:49 pm by Jose Karlo Mari Tottoc in Hedge Fund Investor Letters, News

Bumbershoot Holdings LP, an investment management firm, published its fourth quarter 2020 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. Bumbershoot Holdings L.P. generated a negative gross return of -6.61% for the full-year 2020, while its S&P 500 benchmark delivered a 16.26% return in the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.

Bumbershoot Holdings LP, in their Q4 2020 investor letter, mentioned Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) and shared their insights on the company. Viking Therapeutics, Inc. is a California-based therapeutics company that currently has a $438.1 million market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, VKTX delivered a 4.97% return, extending its 12-month gains to 20.12%. As of April 07, 2021, the stock closed at $5.91 per share.

Here is what Bumbershoot Holdings LP has to say about Viking Therapeutics, Inc. in their Q4 2020 investor letter:

“From an investment perspective, Viking Therapeutics (VKTX:NGS) struggled right off the bat, down roughly -30% in Jan-Feb. Viking stayed down for the remainder of the year and was a detractor to performance to the tune ~335bps.”

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