Eli LillyLLY
$1.08T market capEli LillyLLYRevenue: is the business selling more than it used to?
$65.2B+45% YoYFY 2025
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter, not a full fiscal year
→Revenue reached $65.2B in 2025, compounding +32% a year since 2022 and the pace is picking up. The trailing twelve months are already running at $79.7B, ahead of the last full year.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYNet income: how much of that revenue becomes profit?
$20.6B+95% YoYFY 2025
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter, not a full fiscal year
→Net income was $20.6B in 2025, compounding +49% a year over three years. Earnings per share moved +94% over the last twelve months. Trailing twelve-month profit stands at $26.7B.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYHow fast is it growing, year by year?
+44.7%revenue growth, FY 2025
→Revenue grew +45% in 2025 against a five-year average of +22%. Earnings grew faster (+95%), so each new dollar of sales is arriving more profitably.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYRevenue per share: is your slice growing as fast as the company?
$72.48revenue per share, FY 2025
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→Revenue per share reached $72.48 in 2025, compounding +32% a year - in line with LLY's own +32%, so the share count is not distorting your slice. Free cash flow per share stands at $18.70.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYFree cash flow: what is left in real cash after everything?
$16.8B+91% YoYFY 2025
→Free cash flow was $16.8B in 2025, compounding +30% a year since 2022. That is the most cash the business has ever thrown off in a year.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYHow much of every sales dollar ends up as free cash?
→26 cents of every sales dollar became free cash in 2025, and it has held steady since 2022.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYWhat does staying competitive cost, per dollar of sales?
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→The biggest claim on each sales dollar is research and development, at 25% of revenue (stock compensation 1%).
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYMargins: of every $1 of sales, how much survives each cost layer?
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→Net margin stands at 32% in 2025. LLY doesn't break out gross or operating margin in its filings, so net is the only layer the data supports.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYWhat does it earn on the money it uses?
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→LLY earns 79% on shareholders' capital. Return on capital employed isn't meaningful for this business model, so ROE carries the picture alone.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYWhat has the market paid for LLY over time?
38.7xP/E today
◌ 2026 = at the latest close (2026-09-04), over the trailing twelve months; earlier years are annual averages
→At 38.7x earnings, the market is paying +11% more than LLY's own 10-year median of 35.0x. Expectations are elevated, so more has to go right to justify the price.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYWhat cash return does the business throw off per dollar of market value?
→The business yielded 2.3% of free cash against its market value in 2025.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYCould it handle its debt if things went wrong?
◌ 2026 = the latest balance sheet (2026-06-30), not a fiscal year-end
→Debt of $54.9B sits against $8.9B of cash, or 1.6x shareholders' equity.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYIs the company's own capital growing?
→The company's own capital grew from $10.8B in 2023 to $33.9B (+215%). The business is building book value rather than consuming it.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYHow much goes back, and how much leaks out as stock comp?
→Shareholders received $4.1B in buybacks and $5.4B in dividends in 2025. Stock compensation issued $626M of new shares in the same year, offsetting 7% of that.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYHow fast is your ownership being diluted - or concentrated?
→The share count shrank 0.5% in 2025, averaging 0.2% a year over three years. Buybacks are concentrating your ownership: the same business, split fewer ways.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYIs the dividend cheque growing?
→The dividend per share reached $5.99 in 2025, compounding +15% a year since 2020.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYCan it afford the dividend?
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→The dividend consumed 26% of profit and 32% of free cash flow in 2025. That leaves room to keep paying through a weak year.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYLLY has issued or retired shares - did shareholders end up better off?
→LLY has shrunk its share count -19% from 2011 to 2025, so each remaining share owns more of the business. Revenue per share is +232% over the same years.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
Eli LillyLLYAre the people running it buying or selling?
→Insiders sold $35M on the open market and bought nothing. Many sales are pre-scheduled diversification rather than a view on the price. A further 39 filings were grants, option exercises or tax withholding, which say nothing either way.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30