Share buybacks · 2011–2025

Eli Lilly share buybacks

$4.1B+64.3% · FY2025

Eli Lilly (LLY) reported $4.1B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +64.3% year on year.

$02011$721M2012$1.7B2013$800M2014$750M2015$600M2016$300M2017$4.2B2018$4.4B2019$500M2020$1.3B2021$1.5B2022$750M2023$2.5B2024$4.1B2025
Eli Lilly — Share buybacks, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$4.1B+64.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$2.5B+233.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$750M−50.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.5B+20.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.3B+150.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$500M−88.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$4.4B+6.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$4.2B+1,284.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$300M−50.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$600M−19.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$750M−6.3%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$800M−52.9%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$1.7B+135.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$721M+$721MOpen →
FY20112011-12-31$0—Open →

Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Eli Lilly share buybacks. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/eli-lilly/share-buybacks

BibTeX

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  title        = {{Eli Lilly share buybacks}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000059478-26-000013 · February 12, 2026

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