Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE: LLY) is -6.83% 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 $776.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 22.45%.
Currently trading at $798.89, the stock is 2.22% and 3.98% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.68 million and changing 2.89% at the moment leaves the stock -1.26% off its SMA200. LLY registered 3.48% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.62%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $768.3034 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $809.0466.
The stock witnessed a 3.67% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.46%, and is 1.15% 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 2.50% over the week and 2.45% over the month.
Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $757.14B and $49.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 66.18 and Fwd P/E is 26.71. Profit margin for the company is 22.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.99% and -17.85% 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 68.50% this year
4970.0 institutions hold shares in Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY), with institutional investors hold 84.27% 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 84.13% 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.
