Growth Metrics

Eli Lilly (LLY) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Eli Lilly (LLY) has disclosed Return on Assets for 15 consecutive years, with 0.18% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Assets rose 4.0% year-over-year to 0.18%, compared with a TTM value of 0.18% through Dec 2025, up 4.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.22%, up 7.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Assets was 0.18% for Q4 2025 at Eli Lilly, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Assets topped out at 0.18% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Assets over 5 years is 0.11%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Assets grew 10bps in 2022, then dropped -4bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Assets stood at 0.12% in 2021, then rose by 12bps to 0.13% in 2022, then crashed by -33bps to 0.09% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 60bps to 0.14% in 2024, then surged by 32bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Assets for LLY at 0.18% in Q4 2025, 0.17% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.