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ELI LILLY HEADS TOWARDS TRILLION DOLLAR CLUB IN HEALTHCARE MILESTONE
Eli Lilly's LLY.N success in the market for weight loss drugs could see the drugmaker become the first healthcare company to join the trillion dollar club this year, according to at least one Wall Street analyst.
UBS Global Research on Friday raised its price target on Lilly to $1,100 from $910, implying that it would hit a $1.05 trillion valuation in the next twelve months. The UBS price target represents a 17.8% upside to Lilly's share price of $934.14, up to Thursday's close.
No biotech has ever been a part of the elusive trillion-dollar market cap club, which currently only includes tech giants like Apple AAPL.O, Microsoft MSFT.O and Nvidia NVDA.O among others.
Lilly is already the world's biggest healthcare company by market cap at $887.81 billion, up to Thursday's closing price, after overtaking healthcare conglomerate UnitedHealth's valuation last year.
Investors have flocked to the drugmaker's stock as demand for weight loss treatments soars. Its diabetes drug Mounjaro brought in sales of $5.16 billion last year, while a similar, recently approved obesity drug Zepbound brought in sales of $517.4 million last quarter.
On Thursday, one other brokerage gave Lilly a PT of $1,083, above the $1,052.18 price it needs to hit a $1 trillion market cap, according to LSEG data.
UBS analyst Trung Huynh said Zepbound's success in treating patients with sleep apnea raised the brokerage's near-term sales expectations for the drug. Huynh also believes a separate pill for weight loss, currently under development, could bring in sales of $2.6 billion in 2026.
(Puyaan Singh)
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