Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -7.31% 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 $746.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -30.5%.
Currently trading at $715.56, the stock is -11.38% and -11.55% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.46 million and changing -4.09% at the moment leaves the stock -14.76% off its SMA200. LLY registered -5.85% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.95%.
The stock witnessed a -5.14% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.03%, and is -7.87% 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 4.60% over the week and 3.71% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $678.16B and $49.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 59.28 and Fwd P/E is 24.10. Profit margin for the company is 22.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.68% and -26.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (22.10%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 68.36% this year
The shares outstanding are 948.10M, and float is at 849.76M with Short Float at 0.87%.
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 8.1984 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 5.7059 of the shares totaling 51.4 million with a market value of $46.54 billion.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 13 ’25, Zakrowski Donald A (SVP, Finance, & CAO) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $818.24 for $0.82 million. The insider now directly holds 5,840 shares of Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY).
