Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -0.89% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $609.59 and a high of $972.53 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LLY stock was last observed hovering at around $781.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -16.88%.
Currently trading at $765.10, the stock is -2.44% and -4.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.98 million and changing -2.16% at the moment leaves the stock -8.86% off its SMA200. LLY registered 24.51% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.66%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $800.3984 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $839.5217.
The stock witnessed a -7.80% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.76%, and is -2.31% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.70% over the week and 2.31% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 43000 employees, a market worth around $729.97B and $40.86B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 83.70 and Fwd P/E is 33.78. Profit margin for the company is 20.48%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.51% and -21.33% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.34%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 108.19% this year.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Top Institutional Holders
4617.0 institutions hold shares in Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY), with institutional investors hold 83.56% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 950.22M, and float is at 850.67M with Short Float at 0.68%. Institutions hold 83.43% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is LILLY ENDOWMENT INC with over 97.37 million shares valued at $88.15 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.809% of the LLY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 73.86 million shares valued at $$66.87 billion to account for 8.1993 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 65.86 million shares representing 7.3109% and valued at over $59.62 billion, while PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. holds 5.7066 of the shares totaling 51.4 million with a market value of $46.54 billion.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Insider Activity
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Lilly(Eli) & Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 08 ’24 that Zakrowski Donald A (SVP, Finance, & CAO) sold a total of 900 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 08 ’24 and was made at $803.38 per share for $0.72 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 5480.0 shares of the LLY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 03 ’24, LILLY ENDOWMENT INC (10% Owner) disposed off 24,084 shares at an average price of $966.69 for $23.28 million. The insider now directly holds 96,891,978 shares of Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY).
