Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -1.89% 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 $733.29 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 24.1%.
Currently trading at $757.39, the stock is -5.71% and -5.56% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.64 million and changing 3.29% at the moment leaves the stock -9.72% off its SMA200. LLY registered -0.86% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.51%.
The stock witnessed a 3.06% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.29%, and is 3.11% 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 4.28% over the week and 3.76% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $717.81B and $49.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 62.74 and Fwd P/E is 25.51. Profit margin for the company is 22.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.86% and -22.12% 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 67.93% this year.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 948.10M, and float is at 849.67M 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Yuffa Ilya, the company’s EVP & President, LLY Int’l. SEC filings show that Yuffa Ilya sold 1,250 shares of the company’s common stock on May 14 ’25 at a price of $749.24 per share for a total of $0.94 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 27510.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 13 ’25, DONALD ZAKROWSKI (Officer) Proposed Sale 2,000 shares at an average price of $821.86 for $1.64 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY).
