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Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) – key numbers that make it a Strong Buy For Now

Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -6.25% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $711.40 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 $738.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -14.48%.

Currently trading at $723.73, the stock is -11.28% and -14.44% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.25 million and changing -1.96% at the moment leaves the stock -15.16% off its SMA200. LLY registered -5.77% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.27%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $845.8718 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $853.05853.

The stock witnessed a -16.77% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.45%, and is -12.37% 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 5.03% over the week and 3.36% over the month.

Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $686.09B and $45.04B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 62.99 and Fwd P/E is 24.48. Profit margin for the company is 23.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.73% and -25.58% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (24.79%).

with sales reaching $12.77B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 77.99% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 31.88% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 45.67% in year-over-year returns.

Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Top Institutional Holders

4886.0 institutions hold shares in Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY), with institutional investors hold 83.67% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 947.54M, and float is at 849.99M with Short Float at 0.75%. Institutions hold 83.53% 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 10.8078% 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 7.31% 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 Mar 13 ’25 that Zakrowski Donald A (SVP, Finance, & CAO) sold a total of 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 13 ’25 and was made at $818.24 per share for $0.82 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 5840.0 shares of the LLY stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, LILLY ENDOWMENT INC (10% Owner) disposed off 220,000 shares at an average price of $928.76 for $204.33 million. The insider now directly holds 96,016,978 shares of Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY).

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