In this article, I will explain—using back-of-the-envelope math and plain English—why the stock of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX ), one of the frontrunners in the GLP-1 weight-loss drug market, may represent a (relatively) de-risked investment opportunityI am a corporate lawyer with an MBA and a long-standing interest in value investing. After spending 7 years practicing at several prestigious Wall Street and Silicon Valley law firms as a corporate transactional lawyer, I founded and have been ope ...