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ELI LILLY & Co [LLY]

Reporting date: 10/09/2025

⚠️ Neutral Insider Sale Detected

📝 What Happened

  • Insider: LILLY ENDOWMENT INC
  • Role: Ten Percent Owner
  • Company: ELI LILLY & Co (LLY)
  • Transaction Date(s): 2025-10-09
  • Table I (Non-Derivative Securities)
    • Sale : 10,602 shares
    • Average Sale Price: $852.49
    • Total Value: 10,602 * $852.49 ≈ ~$9,038,055.41
    • Post-Transaction Direct Holdings: 94,536,978 shares
    • Indirect Holdings: None reported
    • 10b5-1 Plan Used? No

📄 Summary

LILLY ENDOWMENT INC, Ten Percent Owner at ELI LILLY & Co (LLY), sold 10,602 shares on October 09, 2025, at an average price of $852.49, realizing proceeds of about ~$9,038,055. After the transaction, it now holds 94,536,978 shares directly. For retail traders, this is a neutral-to-slightly bearish event: small, routine sale by a large institutional holder; tiny fraction of stake.

🔑 Interpretation

  • Type: Discretionary open-market sale (transaction code S; not indicated as compensation).
  • Disposition: Shares were sold (disposed) on the reported date — not retained or newly acquired.
  • Size Context: 10,602 shares represent ~0.011% of post-transaction direct holdings (10,602 / 94,536,978), a very small fraction — consistent with routine liquidity or portfolio rebalancing rather than large profit-taking.
  • ATH Metric: The sales occurred at prices in the ~$848–$857 range (VWAP ~$852.49). Using that as a near-term reference, the trade was at recent trading levels and does not appear to be executed at an obvious all-time high or all-time low; timing does not look opportunistic relative to major historical extremes based on the price range shown.
  • Outlier Check: Not unusually large relative to the holder's total stake or typical institutional trades — appears routine and not an outlier.

📊 Bullish or Bearish?

Decide: Neutral

Neutral. The filing shows a modest net sale (10,602 shares) by a 10% owner via open-market disposals (code S) representing a negligible fraction of holdings; this looks like routine liquidity rather than a strong negative signal. Data are complete for these transactions but do not indicate clustered insider selling.

✅ Bottom Line (Retail Takeaway)

This transaction looks like routine profit-taking or liquidity management rather than a clear bearish signal. For retail traders, it’s noise, not a tradeable event — not worth short-/mid-term action unless corroborated by concentrated sales from the company’s CEO, CFO, or multiple insiders.