Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly compete in the same blockbuster drug class, yet their 2026 earnings tell dramatically different stories about which company holds the upper hand heading into a pivotal summer of reports and pricing resets.
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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday, with the Dow gaining just under half a percent, the S&P 500 virtually flat and the tech-heavy Nasdaq sliding nearly two-thirds of a percent.</p><p>The S&P 500 technology index underperformed the broader market as chip stocks fell, with Intel dropping nearly 8% despite forecasting quarterly profit and revenue above Wall Street estimates.</p><p>Enthusiasm for the AI trade weakened after Alphabet's announcement earlier this week of a plan to hike capital spending even as it burns cash.</p><p>Richard Reyle, chief investment officer at Questar Capital Partners, said that as a result investors are rotating into what he called "safer parts of the market."</p><p>"Pharmaceuticals have been flying, and that's been, I think, where we see the rotation of the market right now. [FLASH] You look at the iShares, pharmaceutical fund, it's big components that are J&J and Eli Lilly, they're at all-time highs. And they're still relatively not super expensive stocks. So I think that's a place that can be bought and held. And of course, energy. Exxon's going to announce earnings next week. I bet they're going to be a blockbuster and they're going to continue to be because they make money at $60 a barrel. At $100 a barrel, forget about it. They do very well."</p><p>The S&P 500 real estate sector also outperformed during the session. Its leading gainer was Digital Realty Trust, which rallied 11% after it raised its full-year forecast for funds from operations.</p><p>Among other gainers, shares of SLB climbed 11% after the oilfield services firm beat expectations for second-quarter profit.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to quarterly results next week from Magnificent 7 megacaps Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Apple.</p></body>
Eli Lilly will release its second-quarter earnings next month, and analysts anticipate a double-digit bottom-line growth.
Eli Lilly has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 6.5% to $1,149 per share while the index has gained 8.4%.
All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Tuesday, as investors focused on so
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With the massive SpaceX debut hogging the headlines, some retail investors may have allowed more prosaic names to slip from their minds. Pharma stock Eli Lilly is trading in a buy zone as institutional investors load up. Eli Lilly is committed to innovation and reinvests 20%-25% of its sales back into developing new treatments.
On this episode of Stock Movers with Alexis Christoforous: - Shares of The Campbell's Company (CPB) edged higher ahead of the US market open after the canned soup maker reported adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter that beat the average analyst estimate. - Eli Lilly (LLY) shares gained in the early session following obesity drug presentations at the American Diabetes Association conference. Citi analysts say their conviction on Lilly is firmly intact, given the company's incretin portfolio is "not built around singular blockbusters." - Shares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) and Flex (FLEX) are rising in premarket trading as the companies are set to replace Pool Corp. and Campbell's in S&P 500 before the market open on June 22, S&P Dow Jones Indices says in emailed statement.
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