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Eli Lilly stock is higher Thursday after the pharma giant beat fourth-quarter profit expectations and issued strong 2025 guidance. Here's what you need to know.

Eli Lilly ( LLY 3.89%) 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.

Lilly upgraded its 2025 guidance to between $58 billion to $61 billion, slightly higher than Wall Street expectations by $1 billion.

Eli Lilly and Company LLY will report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 earnings on Feb. 6, before market open. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales and earnings is pegged at $13.72 billion and $5.15 per share, respectively. Earnings estimates for 2025 have declined from $24.05 to $23.57 per share over the past 30 days.

Investing.com - Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY) full-year profit forecast largely surpassed Wall Street expectations on Thursday, as the drugmaker targets expansion of its weight-loss treatments, sending shares higher. At 10:59 AM ET, Eli Lilly's stock was up 3.2%.