Eli Lilly and Company LLY

1,183.46 1.57 0.13% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$1.11T
P/E
39.7×
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Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) trades at a price to free cash flow of 51.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.8× (February 2018) to 518× (June 2024); the current reading is higher than 70% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 17.7× and above the Healthcare sector median of 19.5×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 86.3× (26.00%)
FY2024 117× (46.13%)
FY2023 217× 281.38%
FY2022 56.8× 46.53%
FY2021 38.7× 39.60%
FY2020 27.8× (4.46%)
FY2019 29.0× 15.38%
FY2018 25.2× 39.85%
FY2017 18.0× (2.02%)
FY2016 18.4× (50.70%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 52.5× (10.52%)
Mar 2026 58.7× (32.03%)
Dec 2025 86.3× 44.69%
Sep 2025 59.6× (39.61%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.8× High 518×
Ten-year median 33.9×
Current reading's percentile 70

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 14.5×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 16.0×
NVS Novartis AG compare 18.3×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 22.9×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 23.0×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 25.7×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 28.7×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 41.2×
LLY Eli Lilly and Company 51.8×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 17.7×
Healthcare sector median 19.5×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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