Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -14.28% 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 $795.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -791.05%.
Currently trading at $4.07M, the stock is -0.69% and -0.79% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.03 million and changing 4032976% at the moment leaves the stock -5.44% off its SMA200. LLY registered 0.45% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.62%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $781.5932 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $820.04706.
The stock witnessed a 7.79% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.63%, and is 1.67% 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 2.97% over the week and 2.44% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $734.92B and $49.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 64.24 and Fwd P/E is 26.04. Profit margin for the company is 22.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.53% and -20.26% 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 67.36% this year.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Top Institutional Holders
4996.0 institutions hold shares in Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY), with institutional investors hold 84.22% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 948.10M, and float is at 849.65M with Short Float at 0.94%. Institutions hold 84.08% 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 8.1984 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 Zakrowski Donald A, the company’s SVP, Finance, & CAO. SEC filings show that Zakrowski Donald A sold 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 27 ’25 at a price of $716.41 per share for a total of $0.72 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 4840.0 shares.
Lilly(Eli) & Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 14 ’25 that Yuffa Ilya (EVP & President, LLY Int’l) sold a total of 1,250 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 14 ’25 and was made at $749.24 per share for $0.94 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 27510.0 shares of the LLY stock.
