Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$18.4M of LLY shares in the open market

Traded Jan 7, 2026 · Filed Jan 8, 2026

Eli LillyLLY

~$18.4M
Reported value · 17K sh @ $1,107.371: 91.9M
Holds after · shares reported: +3.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.8%, $1,108.09 → $1,149.85 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A big owner of Eli Lilly sold $18.4M of Eli Lilly shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jan 7, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 8, 2026

10% owner$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$18,437,727

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

69 days after results of Oct 30, 2025, 28 days before results of Feb 4, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $1,108.09 on Jan 7, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 5% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $625.65 (Aug 8, 2025) to $1,109.94 (Nov 25, 2025), 100% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $1,059.70 on Nov 21, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

FDA decision near the trade

FDA approved Mounjaro on Dec 19, 2025, 19 days before this trade.

New use approved (efficacy supplement). Active ingredient: Tirzepatide. From openFDA. Dates only; no link between the two is implied

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-2.4%	-0.3%	-2.0%
30 days	-1.8%	-0.0%	-1.8%
90 days	-10.2%	-2.0%	-8.2%
180 days	+14.3%	+7.4%	+6.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000316011-26-000003
Filed / recorded: Jan 8, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ELI LILLY & Co
Issuer CIK: 59478
Ticker: LLY
Reporting person: LILLY ENDOWMENT INC
Relationship: 10% owner
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 7, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 16,650
Price per share: $1,107.371
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 91,947,281
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1,106.93 to $1,107.92, inclusive.