In a filing, Lilly(Eli) & Co revealed its 10% Owner LILLY ENDOWMENT INC unloaded Company’s shares for reported $81.53 million on Sep 18 ’25. In the deal valued at $764.65 per share,106,626 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, LILLY ENDOWMENT INC now holds 95,630,352 shares worth roughly $71.91 billion.
Then, LILLY ENDOWMENT INC bought 300,000 shares, generating $228,039,000 in total proceeds.
Before that, DONALD ZAKROWSKI bought 2,000 shares. Lilly(Eli) & Co shares valued at $1,468,340 were divested by the Officer at a price of $734.17 per share.
Berenberg downgraded its Lilly(Eli) & Co [LLY] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including HSBC Securities’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late August from “a Reduce” to “a Hold”. Daiwa Securities also remained covering LLY and has decreased its forecast on August 18, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Leerink Partners revised its rating on August 07, 2025. It rated LLY as “a Market perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of LLY
On Friday, Lilly(Eli) & Co [NYSE:LLY] saw its stock fall -1.43% to $751.99. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.45%. Lilly(Eli) & Co shares have fallen nearly -17.02% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -2.59% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Lilly(Eli) & Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Lilly(Eli) & Co stocks on 2025-08-29, growing by 0.87 million shares to a total of 8.04 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 7.17 million shares. There was a rise of 10.8%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
