Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) began a roll in late 2020 that lasted almost four years. During that time, it became the world's largest healthcare company, with a market cap that topped $860 billion at one point.

Since the start of 2020, Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) stock price chart has been straight up and to the right, up 472.57% and currently trading at $756.99. The company has been around since 1876 and the stock didn’t go public until 1952 but in the last 4 years,

In a live taping of "The Readout LOUD" at #JPM25, Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks talks Trump, Medicare's drug price negotiation, and obesity drugs.

Eli Lilly ( LLY -6.59%) is the most valuable healthcare stock in the world, with a market capitalization of around $720 billion. For a while, it looked like it might be on track to be the first healthcare company to top a $1 trillion valuation, perhaps as early as this year.

Shares of Eli Lilly were already in an intermediate-term decline before the announcement. The stock has dropped 25% from its 2024 highs as investors have been unimpressed with Eli Lilly’s drug pipeline and management.

Eli Lilly’s expectations for sales in the fourth quarter of last year missed forecasts, driven by lower-than-expected sales of its diabetes and obesity drugs.