Eli Lilly blows past estimates, hikes guidance as Zepbound and Mounjaro sales soar

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A motion with the institution logo sits extracurricular of the office of Eli Lilly successful Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.

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Eli Lilly connected Thursday reported third-quarter net and gross that topped estimates and hiked its full-year outlook, arsenic the institution continued to spot beardown request for its blockbuster value nonaccomplishment cause Zepbound and diabetes attraction Mounjaro.

Shares of the institution roseate 5% successful premarket trading Thursday.

The pharmaceutical elephantine present expects its fiscal 2025 gross to travel successful betwixt $63 cardinal and $63.5 billion, up from a erstwhile guidance of $60 to $62 billion. Eli Lilly besides expects full-year adjusted nett to travel successful betwixt $23 and $23.70 per share, up from its erstwhile outlook of $21.75 to $23 a share.

Mounjaro raked successful $6.52 cardinal successful gross for the quarter, up 109% from the aforesaid play a twelvemonth ago. That blew past the $5.51 cardinal that analysts were expecting, according to StreetAccount. 

Zepbound, which entered the marketplace astir 2 years ago, posted $3.57 cardinal successful gross for the 3rd quarter. That's up 184% from the year-earlier play and somewhat up of the $3.5 cardinal that Wall Street was expecting, according to StreetAccount estimates.

Here's what Eli Lilly reported for the 3rd 4th compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based connected a survey of analysts by LSEG: 

  • Earnings per share: $7.02 adjusted vs. $5.69 expected
  • Revenue: $17.60 cardinal vs. $16.01 cardinal expected

The results travel arsenic Eli Lilly works to support its borderline implicit main rival Novo Nordisk successful the booming marketplace for a people of obesity and diabetes drugs called GLP-1s.

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