Eli Lilly and Company · LLY · FY2024 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2024

Lilly: Obesity Demand and Capacity Investment Drive Growth

The quarter supports the view that resilient demand and earnings growth can extend when product adoption, expanded access, and manufacturing capacity advance together. The key test is whether Lilly can convert obesity-therapy demand into durable growth while managing pricing, supply, reimbursement, competition, and investment costs.

Reported Before market openNYSEHealthcare $1183.31B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.18 Consensus $1.47
EPS surprise -19.7% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $11.44B Consensus $12.10B
Revenue surprise -5.4% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -6.3% Event window
SPY move -0.3% Same window
Abnormal move -6.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 8.8× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -6.9% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, Lilly emphasized continued global launch expansion and access through payer contracts and LillyDirect, added further manufacturing investment, highlighted Ebglyss approval and long-term tirzepatide data, and raised full-year revenue and EPS guidance.

Guidance delta

Management raised full-year revenue guidance to $45.4-$46 billion and EPS guidance to $12.05-$12.55 (reported).

Key takeaways

  • Revenue grew 42% year over year excluding the divested olanzapine portfolio.
  • Mounjaro and Zepbound continued to drive double-digit volume growth in the U.S. and internationally.
  • Ebglyss and Kisunla received FDA approvals, while tirzepatide produced positive clinical data.
  • Lilly is expanding manufacturing capacity, including a $4.5 billion Medicine Foundry and a $2 billion Ireland expansion.

Management priorities

  • Expand Mounjaro and Zepbound internationally.
  • Broaden tirzepatide into obesity-related OSA and HFpEF indications.
  • Advance orforglipron and additional tirzepatide maintenance-trial readouts.
  • Scale the Lilly Medicine Foundry and manufacturing network.
  • Increase HCP and direct-to-consumer demand generation.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
LLY EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $2.22 Q4 '23 actual $2.49, beat Q1 '24 estimate $2.46 Q1 '24 actual $2.58, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2.60 Q2 '24 actual $3.92, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.47 Q3 '24 actual $1.18, miss Q2 '25 estimate $5.60 Q2 '25 actual $6.31, beat Q3 '25 estimate $5.69 Q3 '25 actual $7.02, beat Q4 '25 estimate $6.91 Q4 '25 actual $7.54, beat Q1 '26 estimate $6.97 Q1 '26 actual $8.55, beat Q2 '26 estimate $6.40 Q2 '26 actual $8.38, beat Q3 '26 estimate $5.65 Q4 '26 estimate $9.93 Q1 '27 estimate $9.26
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy45 ratings
Bullish3373.3%
Neutral920.0%
Bearish36.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$1,240.34Current
$265Low
$989.3Average
$1,500High

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Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 12, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 8, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 7, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainSep 28, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainSep 22, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $1,240.34. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Cantor FitzgeraldCarter Gould$1,440$1,188.72 +16.1%Oct 8, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$1,430$1,184.48 +15.3%Oct 7, 2026
GuggenheimSeamus Fernandez$1,284$1,152.13 +3.5%Sep 18, 2026
Berenberg BankKerry Holford$1,400$1,137.75 +12.9%Sep 15, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$940$1,124.16 -24.2%Sep 10, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Eli Lilly and Company is a prominent global pharmaceutical firm dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of human medicines across the world. Its therapeutic offerings include a comprehensive suite of diabetes medications. This encompasses various insulin formulations like Basaglar, the Humalog family (e.g., Mix 75/25, U-100, U-200, Mix 50/50), insulin lispro products (including protamine and mix 75/25), and the Humulin line (e.g., 70/30, N, R, U-500). Furthermore, Eli Lilly provides specialized treatments for type 2 diabetes, such as Jardiance, Trajenta, and Trulicity. In oncology, Eli Lilly offers a robust portfolio targeting various cancers. These include Alimta for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and malignant pleural mesothelioma; Cyramza, indicated for metastatic gastric cancer, gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma, metastatic NSCLC, metastatic colorectal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma; Erbitux for colorectal and various head and neck cancers; Retevmo, used in metastatic NSCLC, medullary…

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