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$1,000 invested Eli Lilly and Company (2021)

NYSE · LLY · reinvest dividends · adjusted close

Result2021-01-042026-08-28
Today you would have
$7,491
+$6,491 (+649.14%)
LLYSPY (benchmark)
Entry price
$156.79
Current price
$1174.61
Shares
6.3778
CAGR
+42.86%
Max Drawdown
-34.48%
vs SPY
+525.05 pp
The story

$1,000 put into Eli Lilly at the beginning of 2021 was worth $7,491 by mid-2026, a return of +649.1%. The pharmaceutical company's rise was driven by the breakthrough success of its GLP-1 treatments for diabetes and obesity, which made it one of the most valuable drugmakers in the world. The S&P 500 returned +124.1% over the same period.

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