Growth Metrics

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

Eli Lilly (LLY) has disclosed Return on Equity for 16 consecutive years, with 0.82% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 67.0% year-over-year to 0.82%, compared with a TTM value of 0.82% through Dec 2025, down 67.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 1.01%, down 41.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 0.82% for Q4 2025 at Eli Lilly, down from 1.67% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 20.71% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 6.51% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.08%, with a median of 1.14% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity tumbled -1827bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 786bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 2.98% in 2021, then plummeted by -118bps to 6.51% in 2022, then soared by 121bps to 1.35% in 2023, then grew by 10bps to 1.49% in 2024, then tumbled by -45bps to 0.82% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for LLY at 0.82% in Q4 2025, 1.67% in Q3 2025, and 5.36% in Q2 2025.