Eli Lilly and - LLY Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eli Lilly and in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" LLY shares.
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16 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Eli Lilly and's shares. Their LLY share price forecasts range from $264.00 to $412.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $332.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price.
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Eli Lilly and's stock was trading at $276.22 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, LLY shares have increased by 12.8% and is now trading at $311.46.
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Eli Lilly and saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,180,000 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the August 15th total of 4,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,620,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 4th. The company reported $1.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.61. The business earned $6.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.85 billion. Eli Lilly and had a net margin of 19.58% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 85.58%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share.
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Eli Lilly and announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.98 per share on Friday, September 9th. This represents a $3.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 12th.
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Eli Lilly and (NYSE:LLY) pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.26%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 62.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LLY will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.66% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Eli Lilly and announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, May 3rd 2021, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Eli Lilly and updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.90-$8.05 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $8.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $28.80 billion-$29.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $28.27 billion.

399 employees have rated Eli Lilly and Chief Executive Officer David A. Ricks on Glassdoor.com. David A. Ricks has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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Eli Lilly and trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LLY."

Eli Lilly and's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Lilly Endowment Inc. (10.96%), State Street Corp (3.52%), FMR LLC (3.41%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.99%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.15%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Aarti S Shah, Alfonso G Zulueta, Alonzo Weems, Anne E White, David A Ricks, Donald A Zakrowski, Ilya Yuffa, Jackson P Tai, Joshua L Smiley, Lilly Endowment Inc, Marschall S Runge, Melissa S Barnes, Myles O'neill and Stephen F Fry.
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One share of LLY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $311.46.

Eli Lilly and (NYSE:LLY) has a market capitalization of $295.94 billion and generates $28.32 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $5.58 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 35,000 workers across the globe.

Eli Lilly and's mailing address is LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN, 46285. The official website for the company is www.lilly.com. The company can be reached via phone at (317) 276-2000, via email at johnson_philip_l@lilly.com, or via fax at 317-276-4878.