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Eli Lilly (LLY)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $747.64 | Market Cap: $671.3 Bil
Sector: Health Care | Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly (LLY)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $747.64
Market Cap: $671.3 Bil
Sector: Health Care
Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Investment Highlights

0 Strong revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 37%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -20%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 38x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 61x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 49x
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 43%
  
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 21%, CFO LTM is 11 Bil
  
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 40%
  
0 Strong revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 37%
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 43%
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 21%, CFO LTM is 11 Bil
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 40%
4 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -20%
5 Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 38x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 61x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 49x

Market Valuation

 9/16/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$747.64$767.41$575.70$357.78$266.49
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)671.3690.5518.2322.6246.7
Total Debt ($ Bil)39.933.625.216.216.9
Total Cash ($ Bil)3.53.42.92.23.9
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)707.7724.1543.4338.8263.6
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM12.615.415.411.68.8
P/EBIT TTM37.851.674.546.238.6
P/E TTM48.665.7100.152.844.9
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.14.57.3
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4-1.3-2.9
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.6-1.5-1.4-2.9
 9/16/2520242023
Share Price CYE$747.64$767.41$575.70
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)671.3690.5518.2
Total Debt ($ Bil)39.933.625.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)3.53.42.9
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)707.7724.1543.4
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM12.615.415.4
P/EBIT TTM37.851.674.5
P/E TTM48.665.7100.1
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.83.64.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)-1.6-1.3-1.4
P/E TTM (Sector)-1.9-1.6-1.5

Business Description

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. It offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; and Jardiance, Trajenta, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes. The company provides Alimta for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and malignant pleural mesothelioma; Cyramza for metastatic gastric cancer, gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma, metastatic NSCLC, metastatic colorectal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma; Erbitux for colorectal cancers, and various head and neck cancers; Retevmo for metastatic NSCLC, medullary thyroid cancer, and thyroid cancer; Tyvyt for relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin's lymph and non-squamous NSCLC; and Verzenio for HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer, node positive, and early breast cancer. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
LLY Return31%66%34%61%33%-3%517%
Peers Return3%28%19%-2%7%-11%47%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: MRK, PFE, BMY, BDX, LLY. See LLY Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

LLYMRKPFEBMYBDXMedian
NameEli LillyMerck Pfizer Bristol-.Becton D. 
Mkt Price748.1981.0223.9746.35185.7481.02
Mkt Cap671.8203.4136.394.153.3136.3
Rev LTM53,25863,61663,83347,63621,38653,258
Op Inc LTM22,88219,82116,6637,8702,95516,663
FCF LTM-5014,72212,43813,0862,55012,438
FCF 3Y Avg-15612,8999,30412,2252,5049,304
CFO LTM10,93818,53415,18814,3103,25414,310
CFO 3Y Avg7,23016,76612,58413,4193,27812,584

Growth & Margins

LLYMRKPFEBMYBDXMedian
NameEli LillyMerck Pfizer Bristol-.Becton D. 
Rev Chg LTM36.8%1.8%13.5%4.6%7.9%7.9%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg23.4%3.7%-12.4%0.5%4.1%3.7%
Rev Chg Q37.6%-1.9%10.3%-5.6%10.4%10.3%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM8.7%-0.5%2.2%-1.4%2.5%2.2%
Op Mgn LTM43.0%31.2%26.1%16.5%13.8%26.1%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg35.6%22.6%20.2%17.3%13.3%20.2%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM1.8%-0.8%1.8%4.3%0.9%1.8%
CFO/Rev LTM20.5%29.1%23.8%30.0%15.2%23.8%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg17.8%27.2%18.8%28.9%16.3%18.8%
FCF/Rev LTM-0.1%23.1%19.5%27.5%11.9%19.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg0.5%20.9%13.8%26.4%12.4%13.8%

Valuation

LLYMRKPFEBMYBDXMedian
NameEli LillyMerck Pfizer Bristol-.Becton D. 
Mkt Cap671.8203.4136.394.153.3136.3
P/S12.63.22.12.02.52.5
P/EBIT37.810.010.211.621.311.6
P/E48.712.412.717.433.717.4
P/CFO61.411.09.06.616.411.0
Total Yield2.8%12.0%13.2%11.0%5.2%11.0%
Dividend Yield0.7%3.9%5.3%5.2%2.2%3.9%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg0.1%5.1%5.7%12.4%4.1%5.1%
D/E0.10.20.40.50.40.4
Net D/E0.10.10.30.40.30.3

Returns

LLYMRKPFEBMYBDXMedian
NameEli LillyMerck Pfizer Bristol-.Becton D. 
1M Rtn6.7%-2.8%-4.7%-4.3%-4.7%-4.3%
3M Rtn-7.2%1.1%-0.1%-4.7%8.5%-0.1%
6M Rtn-8.9%-12.8%-4.6%-21.9%-17.5%-12.8%
12M Rtn-18.4%-27.0%-12.4%-2.5%-19.0%-18.4%
3Y Rtn148.4%1.0%-38.6%-27.4%-23.1%-23.1%
1M Excs Rtn7.3%-3.4%-6.8%-5.3%-6.5%-5.3%
3M Excs Rtn-19.2%-9.5%-11.3%-17.5%-2.2%-11.3%
6M Excs Rtn-24.9%-29.2%-20.7%-37.9%-34.2%-29.2%
12M Excs Rtn-37.2%-45.4%-32.6%-20.5%-38.0%-37.2%
3Y Excs Rtn78.0%-63.0%-105.1%-90.3%-90.1%-90.1%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Trulicity7,1327,4406,4725,0684,128
Mounjaro5,1634820  
Verzenio3,8632,4841,350913580
Taltz2,7602,4822,2131,7881,366
Jardiance2,7452,0661,4911,154944
Zyprexa1,695337430406419
Humalog1,6632,0612,4532,6262,821
Other1,1221,496370  
Cyramza9759711,0331,033925
Olumiant9238301,115639427
Humulin8521,0191,2221,2601,290
Other Oncology8301,352331  
Basaglar7287608921,1241,113
Emgality678651577363162
Baqsimi678139113  
Erbitux596566548536543
Other cardiometabolic health530497544  
Other Neuroscience506558891  
Tyvyt393293418309 
Zepbound17600  
Other Immunology1153233  
COVID-19 Antibodies02,0242,239871 
Alimta  2,0612,3302,116
Cialis  718607890
Forteo  8021,0461,405
Cymbalta   768725
Other products   1,3401,874
Trajenta   358591
Total34,12428,54228,31824,54022,320


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity8,041,246
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-7.5%
Average Daily Volume4,250,575
Days-to-Cover Short Interest1.89
Basic Shares Quantity897,900,000
Short % of Basic Shares0.9%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/7/2025-14.1%-11.5%-2.4%
5/1/2025-11.7%-13.6%-17.8%
1/14/2025-6.6%-6.9%9.5%
10/30/2024-6.3%-10.8%-12.6%
8/8/20249.5%20.7%17.1%
4/30/20246.0%4.0%10.3%
2/6/2024-0.2%4.4%10.6%
11/2/20234.7%11.7%5.5%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive101215
# Negative13118
Median Positive4.0%4.9%7.2%
Median Negative-3.5%-4.6%-7.1%
Max Positive14.9%20.7%23.6%
Max Negative-14.1%-13.6%-17.8%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025807202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025501202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024219202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241030202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024808202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024430202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023221202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231102202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023808202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023427202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022222202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221101202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022804202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022429202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021223202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211027202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Zakrowski Donald ASVP, Finance, & CAO8282025Sell734.931,000734,9302,821,881Form
1Montarce LucasEVP & CFO8152025Buy691.79715494,62710,158,695Form
2Alvarez Ralph 8142025Buy660.25758500,473500,473Form
3Van Naarden JacobEVP & Pres., Lilly Oncology8132025Buy647.361,000647,36013,311,007Form
4Ricks David APresident, Chair, and CEO8122025Buy644.771,6321,052,263352,431,488Form