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Why Are People Selling Their LLY Shares?

This afternoon we watched Eli Lilly and Company drop -2.2% to a price of $553.08 per share. The large-cap Pharmaceutical company is now trading -8.37% below its average target price of $603.57. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $340.0 to $710.0 per share for Eli Lilly and Company, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

Eli Lilly and Company's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 0.8%. The stock's short ratio is 1.99. The company's insiders own 0.15% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 84.0%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Eli Lilly and Company.

Institutions Invested in Eli Lilly and Company

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Lilly Endowment, Inc 11% 99,983,810 $55,299,047,343
2023-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 7% 69,915,764 $38,669,011,947
2023-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 64,451,724 $35,646,960,611
2023-06-30 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 5% 51,869,805 $28,688,152,635
2023-06-30 State Street Corporation 4% 33,878,417 $18,737,475,453
2023-06-30 FMR, LLC 3% 32,798,289 $18,140,078,240
2023-06-30 Capital World Investors 3% 26,867,581 $14,859,922,158
2023-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 24,160,959 $13,362,943,616
2023-06-30 Primecap Management Company 2% 23,546,201 $13,022,933,251
2023-06-30 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 2% 17,363,691 $9,603,510,515
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