Eli Lilly (LLY) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Eli Lilly (LLY) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $6.7 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 28.38% year-over-year to $6.7 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $26.4 billion (up 24.48% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $24.9 billion, up 21.86% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $6.7 billion, down from $7.0 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $7.0 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $3.2 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $4.6 billion (2023), against an average of $4.9 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses retreated 8.43%; it then surged 33.69% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $3.7 billion in 2022, then gained by 23.89% to $4.6 billion in 2023, then climbed by 27.13% to $5.8 billion in 2024, then grew by 21.15% to $7.0 billion in 2025, then slipped by 4.19% to $6.7 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $6.7 billion (Q1 2026), $7.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $6.6 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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