With a market capitalization of over $800 billion, Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Much that is thanks to the rise of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists such as Mounjaro and Zepbound, which are fueling a new wave of growth for the company.

Eli Lilly’s stock has climbed almost 60% this year and trades for more than $900. The pharma giant also has seen soaring sales thanks to its dominance in the high-growth weight loss drug market. This is thanks to Lilly's dominance in the billion-dollar weight loss drug market.

Eli Lilly and Company’s LLY stock has risen 21.1% in six months compared with an increase of 10.5% for the industry. The stock has also outperformed the sector as well as the S&P 500 as seen in the chart below.

We recently compiled a list of Morgan Stanley’s Best Stock Picks: 15 Stocks To Own For 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) stands against Morgan Stanley’s other stock picks.

Since the start of 2020, Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) stock price chart has been straight up and to the right, up 584.52% and currently trading at $905.00. The company has been around since 1876 and the stock didn’t go public until 1952 but in the last 4 years,