Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Lilly(Eli) & Co (NYSE:LLY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.54M but it saw 2711525 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 747.17B USD, the company’s current market price of $788.19 came falling about -0.14 while comparing to the previous closing price of $789.32. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $972.53 and as low as $561.65. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $780.3 while lowest mark touched by it was $794.83.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Lilly(Eli) & Co (LLY) gives us an average price of $785.13, while its current price level is -18.95% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 40.33% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $856.91 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $836.39. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.56% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.49%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 45.21 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Wolfe Research which initiated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on November 15, 2024, recommending a price target of $1000 for it. Citigroup issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock is $1060.

Over the week, LLY’s stock price is moving 4.62% up while it is -12.77% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 35.21% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 33.23%.

Currently, Lilly(Eli) & Co’s total number of outstanding shares is 949.38M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 19.34% and return on equity (ROE) at 65.75%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 86.22 while having a 35.00 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.40. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 52.59 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 18.28. Its return on asset (ROA) is 12.54% on average.