Eli Lilly Valuation

Is LLY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LLY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LLY ($732.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($891.25)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LLY is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LLY?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LLY key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue20.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA56.4x
PEG Ratio4.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LLY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LLY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.5x
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
18.7x5.1%US$360.4b
PFE Pfizer
69.7x22.3%US$149.0b
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb
12.3x9.9%US$99.3b
ZTS Zoetis
29.4x8.1%US$68.3b
LLY Eli Lilly
125.9x27.2%US$671.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LLY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (125.9x) compared to the peer average (32.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LLY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Pharmaceuticals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a21.1%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LLY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (125.9x) compared to the US Pharmaceuticals industry average (20.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LLY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LLY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio125.9x
Fair PE Ratio55.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LLY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (125.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LLY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$732.20
US$813.32
+11.1%
13.5%US$1,000.00US$500.00n/a26
Apr ’25US$760.55
US$797.44
+4.8%
14.1%US$1,000.00US$500.00n/a26
Mar ’25US$782.12
US$767.61
-1.9%
15.0%US$1,000.00US$500.00n/a27
Feb ’25US$660.43
US$636.99
-3.5%
13.9%US$763.00US$430.00n/a26
Jan ’25US$582.92
US$623.77
+7.0%
13.6%US$727.00US$430.00n/a27
Dec ’24US$584.04
US$619.14
+6.0%
14.2%US$722.00US$430.00n/a27
Nov ’24US$554.46
US$594.24
+7.2%
16.2%US$710.00US$340.00n/a26
Oct ’24US$537.13
US$568.74
+5.9%
14.0%US$640.00US$340.00n/a26
Sep ’24US$557.11
US$536.36
-3.7%
16.8%US$633.00US$300.00n/a27
Aug ’24US$453.09
US$475.01
+4.8%
14.2%US$565.00US$300.00n/a27
Jul ’24US$468.98
US$451.39
-3.8%
14.8%US$550.00US$300.00n/a23
Jun ’24US$436.49
US$436.70
+0.05%
14.7%US$507.00US$300.00n/a23
May ’24US$405.81
US$394.61
-2.8%
15.0%US$485.00US$270.00n/a23
Apr ’24US$343.42
US$375.83
+9.4%
13.3%US$444.00US$270.00US$760.5523
Mar ’24US$314.17
US$381.05
+21.3%
12.8%US$444.00US$270.00US$782.1222
Feb ’24US$342.57
US$377.82
+10.3%
15.6%US$440.00US$202.00US$660.4322
Jan ’24US$365.84
US$377.95
+3.3%
15.6%US$440.00US$202.00US$582.9222
Dec ’23US$370.33
US$371.23
+0.2%
15.5%US$436.00US$202.00US$584.0422
Nov ’23US$352.58
US$344.14
-2.4%
16.3%US$432.00US$202.00US$554.4621
Oct ’23US$323.35
US$337.76
+4.5%
14.9%US$412.00US$202.00US$537.1321
Sep ’23US$309.13
US$333.19
+7.8%
13.8%US$395.00US$202.00US$557.1121
Aug ’23US$324.15
US$326.90
+0.8%
14.5%US$395.00US$202.00US$453.0921
Jul ’23US$324.71
US$316.41
-2.6%
12.5%US$369.00US$202.00US$468.9822
Jun ’23US$311.08
US$315.09
+1.3%
12.4%US$369.00US$202.00US$436.4923
May ’23US$292.13
US$304.09
+4.1%
13.8%US$369.00US$202.00US$405.8122
Apr ’23US$292.67
US$283.73
-3.1%
11.7%US$335.00US$202.00US$343.4222

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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