Eli Lilly and Co LLY
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
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
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
By investor type
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
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New 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
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held 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 date | Shares short | % of float | Days 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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