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Eli Lilly and Co LLY

US equityMarket cap rank #13
$1,354.00 −$10.73 (-0.79%)
Market closed · Nov 7, 9:50 pm ET · Last extended-hours $1,357.00 +0.22%
Open$1,350.45
Prev close$1,364.73
Day range$1,333.22 – $1,377.28
Volume3.81M
Market cap$1.27T
P/E (TTM)43.9
Dividend yield0.49%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership79.4%+0.21 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding5,377+28 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)39 buys / 11 sellsNet buying
ARK fund activity-17,626 sh1 recent transactions · last 29 Oct 2026
Short interest0.74% of floatDays to cover 3.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share8.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

5%10%14%19%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$14.67M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$5.1MSuper+$19.8MBig+$276.8MMid+$50.6MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 28.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.58%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC6.52%
  • The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.5.74%
  • Capital Research4.82%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.07%
  • FMR2.92%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.34%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.31%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund61.59%
  • Public Company9.50%
  • Private Company2.87%
  • Government Pension Fund1.87%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.37%
  • Hedge Fund0.92%
  • Family Office/Trust0.41%
  • Insurance Company0.26%

Reported short interest has fallen from 0.97% to 0.74% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +283,911 0.1%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,771,835 2.9%
SG Americas Securities, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +1,331,427 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,159,558 7.6%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +1,154,933 0.2%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +703,742 0.1%
Morgan Stanley Public Company 2026/Q3 +606,026 1.1%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +605,752 4.1%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +508,915 0.3%
Castle Hook Partners LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +465,187 0.1%
Jennison Associates LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +400,538 0.6%
Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +381,389 0.1%
Strategic Advisers LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +349,609 0.3%
Jane Street Group, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +342,455 0.1%
Sparinvest SA (Luxembourg) Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +307,623 0.0%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
18 Oct 2026 Gabrielle Sulzberger Independent Director Other Acquisition +4 $1,240.34 3,016
18 Oct 2026 Jon Erik Fyrwald Independent Director Other Acquisition +8 $1,240.34 73,861
18 Oct 2026 Ralph Alvarez Independent Director Other Acquisition +10 $1,240.34 55,848
18 Oct 2026 Juan Luciano Lead Independent Director Other Acquisition +12 $1,240.34 16,970
20 Sep 2026 Gabrielle Sulzberger Independent Director Other Acquisition +4 $1,164.89 3,012
20 Sep 2026 Jon Erik Fyrwald Independent Director Other Acquisition +8 $1,164.89 73,853
20 Sep 2026 Ralph Alvarez Independent Director Other Acquisition +10 $1,164.89 55,838
20 Sep 2026 Juan Luciano Lead Independent Director Other Acquisition +13 $1,164.89 16,957
8 Sep 2026 Melissa Seymour Executive Vice President of Global Quality Other Disposition -29 – 1,038
1 Sep 2026 Eric Dozier Executive Vice President Other Disposition -216 – 14,653
1 Sep 2026 Edgardo Hernandez Executive VP & President of Manufacturing Operations Other Disposition -13 – 46,957
16 Aug 2026 Gabrielle Sulzberger Independent Director Other Acquisition +4 $1,183.16 3,004
16 Aug 2026 Jon Erik Fyrwald Independent Director Other Acquisition +8 $1,183.16 73,735
16 Aug 2026 Ralph Alvarez Independent Director Other Acquisition +10 $1,183.16 55,745
16 Aug 2026 Juan Luciano Lead Independent Director Other Acquisition +13 $1,183.16 16,918
16 Aug 2026 Patrik Jonsson Executive VP & President of Lilly International Automatic Disposition -6,500 $1,175.10 54,779
9 Aug 2026 Donald Zakrowski Senior VP of Finance & Chief Accounting Officer Automatic Disposition -2,000 $1,185.01 3,261
6 Aug 2026 Anat Hakim General Counsel Automatic Disposition -5,000 $1,190.00 50,562
31 Jul 2026 Melissa Seymour Executive Vice President of Global Quality Derivative Exercise and Sale -438 $1,148.84 1,067
31 Jul 2026 Melissa Seymour Executive Vice President of Global Quality Derivative Exercise and Retained +542 – 1,067

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 6,960,837 0.7% 3.0
30 Sep 2026 7,035,434 0.7% 2.9
15 Sep 2026 7,519,918 0.8% 3.4
31 Aug 2026 7,894,476 0.8% 3.0
14 Aug 2026 6,564,742 0.7% 2.1
31 Jul 2026 9,117,184 1.0% 3.9

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