All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

LLY: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

LLY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, LLY returned +53.64% over the past year and +4.96% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 1, 1972, LLY is up +16,067.80% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.83%/yr, and is currently −9.50% below its real total-return high on Aug. 19, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 2, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1972-06-01💬 to Wed 2026-09-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
LLY × 		+16,067.80%
+9.83%/yr 		+9.36%/yr
R2=0.862
Eli Lilly and Company NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1972-06-01💬 to Wed 2026-09-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
LLY × 		$10,000.00
1972-06-01 		$1,616,780.50
2026-09-02

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-02

  YTD YoY
LLY × 		+4.96% +53.64%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
LLY × 		−9.50%
on 2026-09-02
from 2026-08-19 peak 		−74.17%
on 2009-03-05
from 2000-08-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-02 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
LLY × 		+53.64% +15.18%
+7.32%/yr 		+94.90%
+24.91%/yr 		+282.06%
+30.75%/yr 		+1,169.54%
+28.93%/yr

Annual Returns

Year LLY
2026 (YTD) +4.96%
2025 +36.59%
2024 +29.57%
2023 +55.70%
2022 +26.09%
2021 +55.16%
2020 +29.27%
2019 +13.55%
2018 +37.83%
2017 +15.40%
2016 −12.19%
2015 +24.48%
2014 +38.70%
2013 +5.70%
2012 +22.14%
2011 +21.57%
2010 +2.13%
2009 −8.73%
2008 −21.40%
2007 +1.53%
2006 −7.51%
2005 −0.87%
2004 −20.14%
2003 +11.05%
2002 −19.49%
2001 −15.72%
2000 +37.24%
1999 −26.22%
1998 +27.07%
1997 +90.27%
1996 +28.39%
1995 +72.94%
1994 +12.62%
1993 −0.29%
1992 −27.00%
1991 +13.51%
1990 +3.19%
1989 +56.85%
1988 +8.04%
1987 +2.92%
1986 +35.31%
1985 +69.32%
1984 +15.20%
1983 +1.29%
1982 +3.58%
1981 −15.84%
1980 −1.18%
1979 +14.23%
1978 +19.98%
1977 −22.57%
1976 −9.92%
1975 −27.78%
1974 −17.06%
1973 −13.68%
1972 +20.97%