
NYSE:LLY
This summary was created by AI, based on 31 opinions in the last 12 months.
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) stands out in the pharmaceutical sector primarily due to its leadership in GLP-1 drugs, particularly for weight loss and diabetes treatment. Despite its robust pipeline and consistent earnings growth, many experts express caution regarding its current valuation, suggesting it might be priced excessively due to recent performance and market enthusiasm. Analysts highlight the increasing competition in the obesity treatment space, notably from Novo Nordisk (NVO), which could impact LLY's growth prospects. The stock is viewed as expensive at present, prompting some analysts to recommend waiting for a price pullback before entering the market. Nonetheless, LLY's strong revenue growth, solid execution, and diversification in drug offerings continue to attract positive sentiment from a majority of industry experts.
Obesity space has performed well lately. Has owned stock for around two years. Valuation has continued to improve. Products are very profitable. Demand for new drugs continue to rise. Would recommend keeping at small weight in portfolio - share price very high. Very competitive industry within drug sector.
It's too early to tell what the long-term results of the weight-loss drugs, but short term people are buying them. You need to know a lot of tech and chemistry to understand pharma stocks and he doesn't care to do that. If you believe their drug prices will fall and more people will use them, then these share will rise.
Big difference between a company and a stock. It's like buying a jacket for different price points of $1000, $300, or on sale for $150. You make an investment/purchase decision.
LLY and NVO are great companies, but you have to look at how expensive they are. Quite expensive at around 50x earnings. Good growth rates. A reasonable multiple for a drug company is sub-20x, and these won't get there via discounted cashflow until next decade. That's a long way out.
He looks for things that have yet to be priced properly. He owns MRK.
Has done very well on weight loss, plus favourable news on Alzheimer's drug. Hard to buy, especially as a value investor, as it keeps going higher. Trades over 60x PE. Lots of momentum. Expectations very high. History has shown that it's really hard for companies to sustain really strong growth rates for consecutive years and to continuously ramp up margins. Competition always comes in.
She's not a technical fund manager, but if there's a big pullback, you could use technicals to look for an entry point. Have to consider your investment horizon.