Growth Metrics

Eli Lilly (LLY) Shares Repurchased (2012 - 2026)

Eli Lilly posted quarterly Shares Repurchased of $2.4 billion for Q1 2026, up 96.33% year-on-year from $1.2 billion in Q1 2025, and up 56.26% on a QoQ basis from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Eli Lilly (LLY) has 15 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Shares Repurchased rose 96.33% year-over-year to $2.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.3 billion (up 42.27% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.1 billion, up 64.32% from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q1 2026 stood at $2.4 billion, up from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Shares Repurchased topped out at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $446.1 million in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $1.2 billion (2025), against an average of $1.2 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Shares Repurchased tumbled 50.0%; it then surged 96.33% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $1.5 billion in 2022, then sank by 50.0% to $750.0 million in 2023, then surged by 173.85% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then retreated by 26.59% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then soared by 56.26% to $2.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Repurchased figures came in at $2.4 billion (Q1 2026), $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $708.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Repurchased (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 2.36 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 4.03 Bn
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn 1.49 Bn
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 874.00 Mn
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn -
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 419.00 Mn
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn -
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn -
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 2.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 708.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 708.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 692.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 692.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 446.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 446.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 750.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 750.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 1.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 750.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 750.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 500.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 500.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 500.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 500.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 300.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 300.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 600.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 600.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 3.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 3.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.00 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 950.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 950.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 1.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 99.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 99.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 199.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 199.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 60.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 60.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 300.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 300.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 252.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 252.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 61.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 61.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 124.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 124.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 310.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 310.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 300.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 300.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 300.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 300.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 145.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 145.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 55.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 55.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 500.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 500.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 1.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 1.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 721.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 721.10 Mn