The recent surge has been due to the tremendous growth Lilly has achieved due to its highly popular GLP-1 drugs, including Mounjaro (for diabetes) and Zepbound (for weight loss). Together, those two products generated $5.4 billion in sales for Eli Lilly last quarter, or 40% of the top line.

INDIANAPOLIS—Lilly Endowment Inc., a major shareholder in Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY), has recently sold a significant portion of its holdings in the pharmaceutical giant. According to a recent SEC filing,

Eli Lilly ( LLY 0.69%) stock inched 2.5% higher through 9:50 a.m. ET Thursday after beating on the top and bottom lines in this morning's Q4 earnings report. Heading into the report, analysts forecast Lilly would earn $5.08 per share on sales of $13.4 billion. As it turns out, Lilly earned $5.32 per share in Q4, and sales were $13.5 billion.