Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -17.38% 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 $799.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -27.59%.
Currently trading at $771.75, the stock is -1.47% and 0.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.17 million and changing -3.45% at the moment leaves the stock -5.03% off its SMA200. LLY registered -0.03% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -3.52%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $769.1988 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $813.37317.
The stock witnessed a -4.96% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.37%, and is -0.76% 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 2.53% over the week and 2.46% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $731.41B and $49.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 63.93 and Fwd P/E is 25.88. Profit margin for the company is 22.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.98% and -20.65% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (22.10%).
with sales reaching $14.4B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 67.59% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 32.34% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 27.41% in year-over-year returns.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) Top Institutional Holders
4961.0 institutions hold shares in Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY), with institutional investors hold 84.10% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 948.10M, and float is at 849.66M with Short Float at 0.91%. Institutions hold 83.96% 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.
