Growth Metrics

Eli Lilly (LLY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Eli Lilly posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.37 for Q1 2026, down 13.66% year-on-year from 0.43 in Q1 2025, and down 1.55% on a QoQ basis from 0.38 in Q4 2025.

Eli Lilly (LLY) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.37 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 13.66% year-over-year to 0.37; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.37 (down 13.66% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.38, down 11.59% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.37, down from 0.38 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.43 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.33 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.37 (2026), against an average of 0.38.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Debt Ratio climbed 20.11%; it then fell 13.66% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.33 in 2022, then gained by 20.11% to 0.39 in 2023, then grew by 8.45% to 0.43 in 2024, then slipped by 11.59% to 0.38 in 2025, then dropped by 1.55% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.37 (Q1 2026), 0.38 (Q4 2025), and 0.37 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Novartis Ag 107,124,802.25 Bn 107,124,802.25 Bn - -
2 Eli Lilly 969.00 Bn 963.72 Bn 16.22 Bn 0.37
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 0.27
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn 0.47
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 0.38
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn 0.62
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 0.39
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn 0.31
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn 0.51
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - 0.29

Historic Data

Download Data 🔒
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.37
Dec 31, 2025 0.38
Sep 30, 2025 0.37
Jun 30, 2025 0.40
Mar 31, 2025 0.43
Dec 31, 2024 0.43
Sep 30, 2024 0.41
Jun 30, 2024 0.40
Mar 31, 2024 0.41
Dec 31, 2023 0.39
Sep 30, 2023 0.35
Jun 30, 2023 0.34
Mar 31, 2023 0.36
Dec 31, 2022 0.33
Sep 30, 2022 0.33
Jun 30, 2022 0.36
Mar 31, 2022 0.35
Dec 31, 2021 0.35
Sep 30, 2021 0.35
Jun 30, 2021 0.35
Mar 31, 2021 0.35
Dec 31, 2020 0.36
Sep 30, 2020 0.39
Jun 30, 2020 0.39
Mar 31, 2020 0.42
Dec 31, 2019 0.39
Sep 30, 2019 0.40
Jun 30, 2019 0.41
Mar 31, 2019 0.42
Dec 31, 2018 0.23
Sep 30, 2018 0.28
Jun 30, 2018 0.29
Mar 31, 2018 0.26
Dec 31, 2017 0.30
Sep 30, 2017 0.31
Jun 30, 2017 0.30
Mar 31, 2017 0.27
Dec 31, 2016 0.27
Sep 30, 2016 0.25
Jun 30, 2016 0.26
Mar 31, 2016 0.23
Dec 31, 2015 0.22
Sep 30, 2015 0.22
Jun 30, 2015 0.22
Mar 31, 2015 0.23
Dec 31, 2014 0.22
Sep 30, 2014 0.16
Jun 30, 2014 0.15
Mar 31, 2014 0.15
Dec 31, 2013 0.15
Sep 30, 2013 0.16
Jun 30, 2013 0.16
Mar 31, 2013 0.17
Dec 31, 2012 0.16
Sep 30, 2012 0.16
Jun 30, 2012 0.17
Mar 31, 2012 0.17
Dec 31, 2011 0.21
Sep 30, 2011 0.21
Jun 30, 2011 0.21
Mar 31, 2011 0.21
Dec 31, 2010 0.22
Sep 30, 2010 0.24
Jun 30, 2010 0.25
Mar 31, 2010 0.25
Dec 31, 2009 0.24
Jun 30, 2009 0.29