Eli Lilly and dividend yield LLY

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1972.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 0.53%
10-year median: 1.4%
Against its 10-year history: 0th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.5% to 3.0%
Peer median: 2.3%

Eli Lilly and pays 0.53% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 1.4%, lower than on 100% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.5% in Jul 2024 to 3.0% in Dec 2016.

The median for 7 large drugmakers of a similar size is 2.3%.

Dividend yield over time

median 1.4%

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	0.5%	0.5%	0.7%
2025	0.6%	0.6%	0.9%
2024	0.7%	0.5%	0.7%
2023	0.8%	0.7%	1.3%
2022	1.1%	1.0%	1.5%
2021	1.2%	1.2%	1.8%
2020	1.8%	1.6%	2.2%
2019	2.0%	1.8%	2.3%
2018	2.0%	1.9%	2.8%
2017	2.5%	2.4%	2.7%
2016	2.8%	2.4%	3.0%
2015	2.4%	2.2%	2.9%
2014	2.8%	2.7%	3.8%
2013	3.8%	3.4%	4.1%
2012	4.0%	3.7%	5.0%
2011	4.7%	4.7%	5.7%
2010	5.6%	5.2%	6.1%
2009	5.5%	4.6%	6.8%
2008	5.0%	3.0%	6.2%
2007	3.1%	2.7%	3.3%

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