Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -2.29% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $677.09 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 $732.41 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 21.94%.
Currently trading at $754.35, the stock is -5.21% and -10.05% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.46 million and changing 3.00% at the moment leaves the stock -11.17% off its SMA200. LLY registered -0.69% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.17%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $838.5932 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $849.1674.
The stock witnessed a -7.27% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.41%, and is 4.23% up 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 6.12% over the week and 4.11% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $715.12B and $45.04B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 65.66 and Fwd P/E is 25.31. Profit margin for the company is 23.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.41% and -22.43% 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 77.33% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 32.06% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 45.63% in year-over-year returns.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Top Institutional Holders
4906.0 institutions hold shares in Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY), with institutional investors hold 83.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 947.54M, and float is at 849.99M with Short Float at 0.83%. Institutions hold 83.55% 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).
