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LLY (Eli Lilly and Co) Graham Number : $22.11 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Eli Lilly and Co Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-10-31), the stock price of Eli Lilly and Co is $829.74. Eli Lilly and Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $22.11. Therefore, Eli Lilly and Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 37.52.

The historical rank and industry rank for Eli Lilly and Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

LLY' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.41   Med: 4.08   Max: 149.97
Current: 51.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Eli Lilly and Co was 149.97. The lowest was 2.41. And the median was 4.08.

LLY's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
99.83% of 576 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs LLY: 51.16

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Eli Lilly and Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eli Lilly and Co's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Eli Lilly and Co Graham Number Chart

Eli Lilly and Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
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Eli Lilly and Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Eli Lilly and Co's Graham Number

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Eli Lilly and Co's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Eli Lilly and Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Eli Lilly and Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eli Lilly and Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Eli Lilly and Co Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Eli Lilly and Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*-1.195*6.32)
=N/A

Eli Lilly and Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.137*10.17)
=22.11

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Eli Lilly and Co  (NYSE:LLY) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Eli Lilly and Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=829.74/22.11
=37.52

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Eli Lilly and Co Business Description

Address
Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46285
Eli Lilly is a drug firm with a focus on neuroscience, cardiometabolic, cancer, and immunology. Lilly's key products include Verzenio for cancer; Mounjaro, Zepbound, Jardiance, Trulicity, Humalog, and Humulin for cardiometabolic; and Taltz and Olumiant for immunology.
Executives
Lilly Endowment Inc 10 percent owner 2801 NORTH MERIDIAN ST, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46208
Donald A Zakrowski officer: Chief Accounting Officer LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Johna Norton officer: Senior VP, Global Quality LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Alonzo Weems officer: SVP, ERM & CECO LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Patrik Jonsson officer: SVP and Pres., Lilly Bio-Meds LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Anne E. White officer: SVP & Pres-Lilly Oncology LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Eric Dozier officer: EVP, HR & Diversity LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Jackson P Tai director
Mary Lynne Hedley director C/O TESARO, INC., 1000 WINTER ST., STE 3300, WALTHAM MA 02451
Marschall S Runge director LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Naarden Jacob Van officer: SVP, CEO LoxoONC, Pres LlyONC C/O ELI LILLY & CO, LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Diogo Rau officer: SVP & CIDO LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Edgardo Hernandez officer: SVP & Pres., Mfg. Operations LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Kimberly H Johnson director C/O FANNIE MAE, 1100 15TH STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Anat Ashkenazi officer: SVP & CFO LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285