LLY vs. JNJ, ABBV, MRK, PFE, BMY, ZTS, RPRX, CORT, JAZZ, and PRGO
Should you be buying Eli Lilly and Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eli Lilly and Company include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Zoetis (ZTS), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), and Perrigo (PRGO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Eli Lilly and Company vs.
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Eli Lilly and Company received 101 more outperform votes than Johnson & Johnson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.65% of users gave Eli Lilly and Company an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Johnson & Johnson an outperform vote.
Eli Lilly and Company has a net margin of 23.51% compared to Johnson & Johnson's net margin of 18.20%. Eli Lilly and Company's return on equity of 85.24% beat Johnson & Johnson's return on equity.
Eli Lilly and Company has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson & Johnson has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eli Lilly and Company pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Johnson & Johnson pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Eli Lilly and Company pays out 48.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson & Johnson pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eli Lilly and Company has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Johnson & Johnson has raised its dividend for 64 consecutive years. Johnson & Johnson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Johnson & Johnson has higher revenue and earnings than Eli Lilly and Company. Johnson & Johnson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eli Lilly and Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.5% of Eli Lilly and Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Eli Lilly and Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Eli Lilly and Company currently has a consensus price target of $1,011.37, suggesting a potential upside of 25.21%. Johnson & Johnson has a consensus price target of $170.88, suggesting a potential upside of 9.23%. Given Eli Lilly and Company's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eli Lilly and Company is more favorable than Johnson & Johnson.
In the previous week, Eli Lilly and Company had 40 more articles in the media than Johnson & Johnson. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for Eli Lilly and Company and 70 mentions for Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Eli Lilly and Company's score of 1.19 indicating that Johnson & Johnson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Eli Lilly and Company beats Johnson & Johnson on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LLY) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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