Lilly(Eli) & Co [NYSE: LLY] gained 1.55% or 13.75 points to close at $898.95 with a heavy trading volume of 4332150 shares.
The daily chart for LLY points out that the company has recorded 0.70% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 3.67M shares, LLY reached to a volume of 4332150 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Lilly[Eli] & Co [LLY]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for LLY shares is $1006.18 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on LLY stock is a recommendation set at 1.48. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
HSBC Securities have made an estimate for Lilly(Eli) & Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Reduce, with their previous recommendation back on April 28, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on April 22, 2025, representing the official price target for Lilly(Eli) & Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $997, while BofA Securities analysts kept a Buy rating on LLY stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Lilly(Eli) & Co is set at 33.12, with the Price to Sales ratio for LLY stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 18.92. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 60.02, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.61. Price to Free Cash Flow for LLY in the course of the last twelve months was 226.64 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.89.
Trading performance analysis for LLY stock
Lilly(Eli) & Co [LLY] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 8.38. With this latest performance, LLY shares gained by 8.84% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.70% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 22.55% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for LLY stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.86, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 71.43, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 60.78 for Lilly(Eli) & Co [LLY]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 834.70, while it was recorded at 881.14 for the last single week of trading, and 844.63 for the last 200 days.
Lilly[Eli] & Co [LLY]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Lilly(Eli) & Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.89 and a Current Ratio set at 1.15.
Lilly(Eli) & Co [LLY]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for LLY. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Lilly(Eli) & Co go to 42.31%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Lilly[Eli] & Co [LLY]
There are presently around $83.45%, or 83.59%% of LLY stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of LLY stocks are: LILLY ENDOWMENT INC with ownership of 97.37 million shares, which is approximately 10.8078%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 73.86 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$66.87 billion in LLY stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$59.62 billion in LLY stock with ownership which is approximately 7.31%.