Elanco Animal Health Incorporated

NYSE:ELAN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.4b

Elanco Animal Health Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Elanco Animal Health's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -0.1%, while the Pharmaceuticals industry saw earnings growing at 9% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 6% per year. Elanco Animal Health's return on equity is 5.9%, and it has net margins of 8.4%.

Key information

-0.13%

Earnings growth rate

1.41%

EPS growth rate

Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth5.95%
Revenue growth rate5.99%
Return on equity5.87%
Net Margin8.43%
Last Earnings Update31 Mar 2025

Recent past performance updates

Elanco Animal Health's (NYSE:ELAN) Solid Profits Have Weak Fundamentals

Nov 15
Elanco Animal Health's (NYSE:ELAN) Solid Profits Have Weak Fundamentals

Recent updates

Elanco: Deleveraging Takes Time

May 12

The Market Doesn't Like What It Sees From Elanco Animal Health Incorporated's (NYSE:ELAN) Revenues Yet As Shares Tumble 25%

Apr 09
The Market Doesn't Like What It Sees From Elanco Animal Health Incorporated's (NYSE:ELAN) Revenues Yet As Shares Tumble 25%

Elanco Animal Health: Even Cheaper, Still Not A Buy

Mar 31
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Zenrelia And Credelio Quattro Launches Will Expand Market Presence But FX Headwinds May Impact Earnings

Mar 17 Strategic divestment and product launches are enhancing financial stability by reducing debt and increasing investment capacity, aiming to improve net margins.

Elanco Animal Health: Building On Success

Jan 15

Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Jan 08
Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated's (NYSE:ELAN) Business And Shares Still Trailing The Industry

Dec 12
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated's (NYSE:ELAN) Business And Shares Still Trailing The Industry

Elanco Animal Health's (NYSE:ELAN) Solid Profits Have Weak Fundamentals

Nov 15
Elanco Animal Health's (NYSE:ELAN) Solid Profits Have Weak Fundamentals

Elanco Animal Health: Not Expensive, But Debt Remains An Issue

Nov 08

Here's Why Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Sep 22
Here's Why Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN) Surges 25% Yet Its Low P/S Is No Reason For Excitement

Sep 01
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN) Surges 25% Yet Its Low P/S Is No Reason For Excitement

Elanco Animal Health: Positioned For Success

Aug 16

Investors Don't See Light At End Of Elanco Animal Health Incorporated's (NYSE:ELAN) Tunnel And Push Stock Down 27%

Jul 11
Investors Don't See Light At End Of Elanco Animal Health Incorporated's (NYSE:ELAN) Tunnel And Push Stock Down 27%

Elanco Animal Health: Pipeline Concerns Appear Overblown

Jun 30

Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

Jun 06
Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

Elanco Animal Health: At Least Fully Valued After Rally

Jun 05

Elanco Animal Health: A Solid Sale Addresses Leverage

Feb 09

Elanco Animal Health: Turning More Healthy

Dec 21

Elanco Animal Health: Signs Of Stabilization, Amidst Still A Big Debt Pile

Oct 05

Elanco Animal Health: Seems Like A Decent Bet Right Now

Jul 25

Elanco Animal Health: Robust Results Overshadowed By Persisting Challenges

Jul 14

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Elanco Animal Health makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:ELAN Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Mar 254,4273731,312351
31 Dec 244,4393381,308344
30 Sep 244,4542051,301342
30 Jun 244,492-1,2551,291341
31 Mar 244,365-1,3021,290333
31 Dec 234,417-1,2311,280327
30 Sep 234,367-1,1441,289328
30 Jun 234,324-1131,273320
31 Mar 234,442-261,263321
31 Dec 224,411-781,259321
30 Sep 224,538-1321,290333
30 Jun 224,644-1711,334349
31 Mar 224,748-3711,372361
31 Dec 214,764-4831,395369
30 Sep 214,791-6981,431390
30 Jun 214,550-7291,373384
31 Mar 213,857-5721,153349
31 Dec 203,271-574988329
30 Sep 202,921-246810281
30 Jun 202,802-101719263
31 Mar 202,998-13759273
31 Dec 193,07168757270
30 Sep 193,08394759264
30 Jun 193,073144746253
31 Mar 193,06245736246
31 Dec 183,06787735247
30 Sep 183,022-91747248
30 Jun 182,958-172763250
31 Mar 182,906-174766253
31 Dec 172,889-311780252
31 Dec 162,914-48785266
31 Dec 152,909-211916291

Quality Earnings: ELAN has a large one-off gain of $527.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st March, 2025.

Growing Profit Margin: ELAN became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: ELAN has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -0.1% per year.

Accelerating Growth: ELAN has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: ELAN has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Pharmaceuticals industry (13.1%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: ELAN's Return on Equity (5.9%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/18 07:19
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is covered by 26 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jasper HellwegArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Ardalan ArfaeiBMO Capital Markets Equity Research