Key takeaways
- Eli Lilly and Company is a drug manufacturers - general business with stocks listed in the US.
- Eli Lilly and Company shares (LLY) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.
- Its last market close was US$948.45 - a decrease of 1.54% over the previous week.
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, which will typically include your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Eli Lilly and Company. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: LLY. Research its history to confirm it's an investment that matches your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Eli Lilly and Company reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying using consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of US$948.45, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Eli Lilly and Company, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Eli Lilly and Company. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights.
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Eli Lilly and Company overview
Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets human pharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, and internationally. The company offers cardiometabolic health products, including Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity. It also provides oncology products, such as Cyramza for the second-line treatment of gastric cancer or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma; Erbitux for colorectal cancers and head and neck cancers; Inluriyo for breast cancer; Jaypirca for chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma; Retevmo for the treatment of metastatic NSCLC; TYVYT for classic hodgkin's lymphoma; and Verzenio for breast cancer. In addition, the company offers immunology products, which include Ebglyss for severe atopic dermatitis; Olumiant for rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, severe alopecia areata, and COVID-19; Omvoh for ulcerative colitis; and Taltz for plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and non-radiographic axial spondylarthritis. Further, it provides Emgality for migraine prevention and episodic cluster headache, as well as Kisubla for symptomatic Alzheimer's disease. The company has collaborations with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the Jardiance product family; and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Genentech, Inc. for lebrikizumab, as well as license agreements with Almirall, S.A. for Ebglyss; and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd for orforglipron. Eli Lilly and Company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Eli Lilly and Company share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Eli Lilly and Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$620.4646 up to US$1132.0606. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market ( average) beta is 1, while Eli Lilly and Company's is 0.481. This would suggest that Eli Lilly and Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Eli Lilly and Company financials
| Revenue TTM | US$72.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 49.39% |
| Gross profit TTM | US$59.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 20.74% |
| Return on equity TTM | 107.46% |
| Profit margin | 34.99% |
| Book value | 29.655 |
| Market capitalisation | US$880.2 billion |
| EBITDA | US$36.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Eli Lilly and Company share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 21.96% of net profits
Recently Eli Lilly and Company has paid out, on average, around 21.96% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.7% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Eli Lilly and Company shareholders could enjoy a 0.7% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Eli Lilly and Company's case, that would currently equate to about 6.23 per share.
While Eli Lilly and Company's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Eli Lilly and Company is investing more in its future growth.
Eli Lilly and Company's next dividend payout is expected around 9 June 2026. To benefit from it's next dividend payout, you'll need to buy Eli Lilly and Company shares before 14 May 2026 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Eli Lilly and Company's shares ever split?
Eli Lilly and Company's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 15 October 1997. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Eli Lilly and Company shares - just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Eli Lilly and Company shares which in turn could have impacted Eli Lilly and Company's share price.
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