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Eli Lilly and Company

LLY#38 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Healthcare · Drug Manufacturers - General · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$6.17Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield0.6%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$5.78Bdividend yield 0.6%
Shareholder yield1.1%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−6.3%894M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow31%payout incl. dividends 60%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 6.3% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$4.11B$5.38B$8.97B
FY2024Dec 2024$2.50B$4.68B$3.76B
FY2023Dec 2023$750M$4.07B−$3.15B
FY2022Dec 2022$1.50B$3.54B$4.60B
FY2021Dec 2021$1.25B$3.09B$5.39B
FY2020Dec 2020$500M$2.69B$4.47B
FY2019Dec 2019$4.40B$2.41B$3.48B

Repurchases in FY2025 were +64.3% versus the prior year.

About Eli Lilly and Company

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets human pharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, and internationally. The company offers cardiometabolic health products, including Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbo…

Market cap
$1.05T
P/E (trailing)
39.3×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US5324571083
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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