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Eli Lilly and Company
(NYSE:LLY) 

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Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets human pharmaceutical products worldwide. It offers Baqsimi for severe hypoglycemia; Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix...

Founded: 1876
Full Time Employees: 35,065
CEO: David A. Ricks  
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers-General

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At a glance:
  • Weight-Loss and Diabetes Franchise Driving Growth: Demand for Lilly’s incretin-based medicines (notably Mounjaro and Zepbound) remains a key engine for revenue and volume growth, expanding the company’s metabolic disease leadership.
  • Manufacturing Capacity Expansion Is Central to the Story: Lilly continues to invest heavily in expanding and securing supply chains for injectable therapies, aiming to alleviate constraints, support new indications, and sustain long-term scale.
  • Pipeline Depth Supports Multi-Year Optionality: Beyond current blockbusters, Lilly’s R&D pipeline spans cardiometabolic, oncology, immunology, and neuroscience programs, providing multiple potential catalysts and diversification over time.
  • Pricing and Reimbursement Scrutiny Remains a Key Risk: As demand grows for obesity and diabetes therapies, policy and payer pressure (rebates, formulary access, and government pricing initiatives) could influence net pricing and profitability.
  • Valuation Tied to Execution and Competitive Dynamics: With high market expectations, share performance is sensitive to manufacturing ramp progress, trial readouts, competitive obesity market developments, and any shifts in demand or safety perceptions.
Bull Thesis:
  • Dominance in the GLP-1 Market (Zepbound/Mounjaro): Eli Lilly's GLP-1 agonists, Mounjaro (diabetes) and Zepbound (obesity), are experiencing unprecedented demand due to their high efficacy and safety profiles. The market for weight loss and diabetes management is massive and growing, with LLY positioned as a leader, driving significant revenue growth and market share, with ongoing investments to expand manufacturing capacity.
  • Promising Alzheimer's Drug (Donanemab) on the Horizon: Donanemab, LLY's investigational Alzheimer's treatment, has shown positive clinical trial results and is awaiting regulatory approval. If approved, it could tap into a vast unmet medical need, offering a significant new revenue stream and strengthening LLY's neuroscience portfolio, despite potential reimbursement complexities.
  • Robust and Diversified Pipeline Beyond GLP-1s: Beyond its current blockbusters and late-stage candidates, Eli Lilly boasts a deep and diversified pipeline across multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology, and other metabolic disorders. This ensures sustained long-term growth potential and reduces over-reliance on a single drug or therapeutic class, providing future revenue drivers.
  • Strong Pricing Power and Expanding Profit Margins: Eli Lilly's portfolio of highly innovative and effective drugs, particularly in areas with high unmet needs, allows for strong pricing power. This, combined with efficient operations and the high-margin nature of biologics, contributes to expanding profit margins and robust free cash flow generation, supporting further R&D and shareholder returns.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intense Competition in the GLP-1 Market: While Eli Lilly currently holds a strong position, the GLP-1 market is becoming increasingly competitive with Novo Nordisk as a formidable rival and numerous other companies developing next-generation obesity and diabetes treatments. This could lead to pricing pressure, market share erosion, and limit long-term growth potential as new entrants emerge.
  • Elevated Valuation and High Expectations: Eli Lilly's stock has experienced a significant run-up, reflecting extremely high expectations for its GLP-1 franchise and pipeline. Any slowdown in growth, pipeline setbacks, increased competition, or unexpected regulatory hurdles could lead to a substantial correction in its valuation, as much of the future growth is already priced in.
  • Supply Chain and Manufacturing Challenges: The unprecedented demand for Mounjaro and Zepbound has led to persistent supply constraints. While LLY is investing heavily in manufacturing capacity, continued shortages could limit sales growth, frustrate healthcare providers and patients, and potentially allow competitors to gain ground during periods of limited availability.
  • Regulatory and Reimbursement Hurdles for Donanemab: Donanemab's approval for Alzheimer's disease is not guaranteed, and even if approved, its market penetration could be limited by strict reimbursement policies (especially from government payers like Medicare) and ongoing safety monitoring (e.g., ARIA). This could temper its revenue potential compared to initial high expectations.
Main Competitors:
  • Novo Nordisk A/S ($NVO) (Ozempic, Wegovy), Novo Nordisk is Eli Lilly's most direct and fierce competitor, particularly in the lucrative diabetes and obesity markets. They compete head-to-head with their GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs (Ozempic for diabetes, Wegovy for obesity) against Lilly's Mounjaro and Zepbound. Competition revolves around efficacy, safety, convenience, market access, and pipeline development for next-generation weight loss and diabetes treatments.
  • Pfizer Inc. ($PFE) (Ibrance, Xeljanz), Pfizer is a broad pharmaceutical competitor, challenging Eli Lilly across multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology, and neuroscience. They compete through their extensive R&D pipeline, established drug portfolios, and global market presence. Competition involves developing novel therapies, expanding indications for existing drugs, and vying for market share in areas like breast cancer (Ibrance vs. Verzenio) and inflammatory diseases.
  • Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies) ($JNJ) (Stelara, Darzalex), Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical division, Janssen, competes with Eli Lilly in immunology, oncology, and neuroscience. They develop and market a wide range of innovative medicines, challenging Lilly through their strong pipeline, established blockbuster drugs (e.g., Stelara in immunology, Darzalex in multiple myeloma), and global commercial capabilities. Competition focuses on clinical differentiation, patient outcomes, and market access strategies.
  • Merck & Co., Inc. ($MRK) (Keytruda), Merck is a significant competitor, especially in the oncology space, where its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda dominates. They compete with Eli Lilly's oncology portfolio (e.g., Verzenio, Cyramza) by developing new cancer treatments, expanding indications for Keytruda across various tumor types, and investing heavily in immuno-oncology research. Competition also extends to vaccines and other therapeutic areas.
  • AstraZeneca PLC ($AZN) (Tagrisso, Farxiga), AstraZeneca competes with Eli Lilly in key therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, renal & metabolism (CVRM), and immunology. They challenge Lilly through their strong oncology pipeline (e.g., Tagrisso for lung cancer), diabetes/CVRM drugs (e.g., Farxiga), and ongoing R&D efforts to discover and commercialize innovative medicines. Competition involves clinical superiority, market penetration, and strategic partnerships.
Moat:
Eli Lilly operates in a highly competitive global pharmaceutical market. Its primary moat stems from its robust R&D pipeline, successful commercialization of innovative drugs, and strong patent protection for its blockbuster therapies. Competition is intense and multifaceted, driven by other large pharmaceutical companies vying for market share in key therapeutic areas like diabetes, obesity, oncology, and immunology. Competitors challenge Lilly through developing novel mechanisms of action, demonstrating superior efficacy and safety profiles in clinical trials, securing favorable market access and pricing, and expanding indications for existing drugs. The industry's competitive landscape necessitates continuous innovation and strategic investment in research and development to maintain and grow market leadership.
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      revenue
    19,799,000,000 19,292,000,000 17,600,800,000 15,557,700,000 12,728,500,000 13,532,800,000 11,439,100,000 11,302,800,000 8,768,000,000 9,353,400,000 9,498,600,000 8,312,100,000 6,960,000,000 7,301,800,000 6,941,600,000 6,488,000,000 7,810,000,000 7,999,900,000 6,772,800,000 6,740,100,000 6,805,600,000 7,440,000,000 5,740,600,000 5,499,400,000 5,859,800,000 6,114,000,000 5,476,600,000 5,636,700,000 5,092,200,000 6,438,600,000 6,061,900,000 6,355,200,000 5,700,000,000 6,160,700,000 5,658,000,000 5,824,300,000 5,228,300,000 5,760,500,000 5,191,700,000 5,404,800,000 4,865,100,000 5,375,600,000 4,959,700,000 4,978,700,000 4,644,700,000 5,121,300,000 4,875,600,000 4,935,600,000 4,683,100,000 5,808,800,000 5,772,600,000 5,929,700,000 5,602,000,000 5,957,400,000 5,443,300,000 5,600,700,000 5,602,000,000 6,147,900,000 6,252,800,000 
      yoy
    55.55% 42.56% 53.87% 37.64% 45.17% 44.68% 20.43% 35.98% 25.98% 28.10% 36.84% 28.11% -10.88% -8.73% 2.49% -3.74% 14.76% 7.53% 17.98% 22.56% 16.14% 21.69% 4.82% -2.44% 15.07% -5.04% -9.66% -11.31% -10.66% 4.51% 7.14% 9.12% 9.02% 6.95% 8.98% 7.76% 7.47% 7.16% 4.68% 8.56% 4.75% 4.97% 1.72% 0.87% -0.82% -11.84% -15.54% -16.76% -16.40% -2.49% 6.05% 5.87% 0.00% -3.10% -12.95%     
      qoq
    2.63% 9.61% 13.13% 22.23% -5.94% 18.30% 1.21% 28.91% -6.26% -1.53% 14.27% 19.43% -4.68% 5.19% 6.99% -16.93% -2.37% 18.12% 0.49% -0.96% -8.53% 29.60% 4.39% -6.15% -4.16% 11.64% -2.84% 10.69% -20.91% 6.21% -4.62% 11.49% -7.48% 8.88% -2.86% 11.40% -9.24% 10.96% -3.94% 11.09% -9.50% 8.39% -0.38% 7.19% -9.31% 5.04% -1.22% 5.39% -19.38% 0.63% -2.65% 5.85% -5.97% 9.44% -2.81% -0.02% -8.88% -1.68%  
      costs, expenses, and other:
                                                               
      cost of sales
    3,577,000,000 3,371,700,000 3,008,300,000 2,447,800,000 2,224,200,000 2,403,800,000 2,170,800,000 2,170,200,000 1,673,500,000 1,788,000,000 1,860,100,000 1,807,400,000 1,626,700,000 1,548,100,000 1,579,100,000 1,430,500,000 2,072,100,000 2,050,200,000 1,430,800,000 1,953,200,000 1,878,600,000 1,719,800,000 1,326,400,000 1,222,000,000 1,215,100,000 1,282,600,000 1,175,000,000 1,124,900,000 1,138,700,000 1,593,700,000 1,562,300,000 1,702,700,000 1,571,300,000 1,624,800,000 1,566,100,000 1,551,600,000 1,327,700,000 1,466,000,000 1,400,900,000 1,465,000,000 1,323,000,000 1,389,200,000 1,236,900,000 1,218,400,000 1,192,700,000 1,253,100,000 1,267,000,000 1,189,700,000 1,222,700,000 1,386,500,000 1,198,100,000 1,165,200,000 1,158,300,000 1,248,300,000 1,203,600,000 1,146,700,000 1,197,900,000 1,338,100,000 1,228,000,000 
      research and development
    3,510,000,000 3,801,500,000 3,465,700,000 3,336,100,000 2,733,700,000 3,022,500,000 2,734,100,000 2,711,200,000 2,522,800,000 2,562,700,000 2,409,100,000 2,356,500,000 1,985,100,000 1,995,900,000 1,802,900,000 1,781,900,000 1,610,100,000 1,959,400,000 1,708,900,000 1,672,800,000 1,684,800,000 1,838,000,000 1,465,400,000 1,390,200,000 1,392,100,000 1,581,400,000 1,380,900,000 1,402,200,000 1,230,500,000 1,453,800,000 1,343,300,000 1,333,100,000 1,176,900,000 1,473,200,000 1,319,400,000 1,250,900,000 1,238,300,000 1,450,600,000 1,236,400,000 1,335,900,000 1,221,000,000 1,444,200,000 1,143,400,000 1,169,500,000 1,039,300,000 1,185,700,000 1,243,200,000 1,195,400,000 1,109,300,000 1,475,400,000 1,377,400,000 1,330,400,000 1,348,100,000 1,463,100,000 1,342,800,000 1,320,700,000 1,151,500,000 1,280,900,000 1,260,600,000 
      marketing, selling, and administrative
    2,934,000,000 3,131,400,000 2,740,700,000 2,753,000,000 2,468,800,000 2,424,500,000 2,099,800,000 2,117,300,000 1,952,200,000 1,924,600,000 1,803,900,000 1,925,400,000 1,749,200,000 1,643,200,000 1,614,200,000 1,625,100,000 1,557,900,000 1,592,000,000 1,577,900,000 1,685,700,000 1,576,000,000 1,553,900,000 1,569,100,000 1,448,600,000 1,549,600,000 1,698,100,000 1,412,300,000 1,586,300,000 1,517,100,000 1,861,500,000 1,616,600,000 1,653,700,000 1,500,000,000 1,780,500,000 1,555,500,000 1,707,400,000 1,544,700,000 1,790,100,000 1,565,400,000 1,622,600,000 1,473,900,000 1,798,400,000 1,575,700,000 1,635,400,000 1,523,500,000 1,799,900,000 1,672,100,000 1,663,900,000 1,484,900,000 1,953,600,000 1,652,400,000 1,867,600,000 1,652,000,000 1,977,500,000 1,757,400,000 1,931,100,000 1,847,500,000 1,917,800,000 2,043,000,000 
      acquired in-process research and development
    584,000,000 528,800,000 655,700,000 153,800,000 1,571,700,000 189,200,000 2,826,400,000 154,300,000 110,500,000 622,600,000 2,975,100,000 97,100,000 105,000,000     376,600,000 174,000,000 25,000,000 299,300,000 366,300,000  241,800,000 52,300,000  77,700,000 25,000,000 136,900,000 329,400,000 30,000,000 1,624,500,000  50,000,000 205,000,000  857,600,000     199,000,000  80,000,000 256,000,000 105,200,000 95,000,000             
      asset impairment, restructuring, and other special charges
    279,000,000 84,100,000 364,900,000  35,000,000 344,000,000 81,600,000 435,000,000      38,100,000 206,500,000   104,500,000   211,600,000 -30,100,000 101,400,000  59,900,000 151,700,000   423,900,000 246,000,000 83,300,000 74,400,000 78,300,000 1,003,200,000 406,500,000 50,000,000 213,900,000 147,600,000 45,500,000 58,000,000 131,400,000 144,900,000 42,400,000 72,400,000 108,000,000 401,000,000 36,300,000  31,400,000           
      other–net, expense
    65,000,000 115,675,000 133,100,000 90,600,000 239,000,000 27,125,000 -62,000,000 197,600,000 -27,100,000 6,075,000 23,200,000 36,800,000 -35,700,000 145,225,000 111,000,000 119,200,000 350,700,000 31,075,000 635,900,000 -190,500,000 -321,100,000 -173,725,000 -158,900,000 -446,900,000 -89,100,000 -7,175,000 24,900,000 32,400,000 -86,000,000 -22,525,000 15,400,000 -38,000,000 -67,500,000 675,000 13,900,000 3,900,000 -15,100,000 25,150,000 -27,200,000 -21,200,000 149,000,000                   
      costs, expenses, and other: - sum
    10,949,000,000                                                           
      income before income taxes
    8,850,000,000 8,266,200,000 7,232,400,000 6,776,400,000 3,456,100,000 5,038,700,000 1,588,400,000 3,517,200,000 2,536,100,000 2,508,800,000 427,200,000 2,088,900,000 1,529,700,000 2,096,400,000 1,565,500,000 1,090,900,000 2,053,600,000 1,839,900,000 1,245,300,000 1,593,900,000 1,476,400,000 2,469,100,000 1,437,200,000 1,643,700,000 1,679,900,000 1,663,100,000 1,405,800,000 1,465,900,000 731,100,000 938,900,000 1,411,000,000 4,800,000 1,441,000,000 284,100,000 591,600,000 1,260,500,000 61,200,000 892,000,000 970,700,000 944,500,000 566,800,000 444,600,000 1,047,800,000 679,700,000 617,900,000 513,600,000 655,500,000 940,400,000 890,800,000 909,900,000 1,513,400,000 1,514,900,000 1,951,100,000 1,012,500,000 1,874,700,000 1,185,700,000 1,335,300,000 1,502,500,000 1,531,300,000 
      income taxes
    1,454,000,000 1,628,500,000 1,649,900,000 1,115,900,000 696,800,000 628,900,000 618,100,000 550,200,000 293,200,000 319,100,000 484,600,000 325,700,000 184,800,000 158,700,000 113,800,000 138,400,000 150,700,000 113,800,000 135,200,000 203,700,000 121,100,000 352,300,000 228,800,000 231,700,000 223,400,000 167,400,000 151,900,000 138,700,000 170,000,000 -186,100,000 261,500,000 264,700,000 223,600,000 1,941,000,000 36,000,000 252,500,000 172,000,000 120,200,000 192,700,000 196,800,000 126,700,000 -33,800,000 248,100,000 78,900,000 88,400,000 85,100,000 154,900,000 206,900,000 162,900,000 182,400,000 310,300,000 308,700,000 403,100,000 185,200,000 548,100,000 262,100,000 324,200,000 266,200,000 334,000,000 
      net income
    7,396,000,000 6,637,700,000 5,582,500,000 5,660,500,000 2,759,300,000 4,409,800,000 970,300,000 2,967,000,000 2,242,900,000 2,189,700,000 -57,400,000 1,763,200,000 1,344,900,000 1,937,700,000 1,451,700,000 952,500,000 1,902,900,000 1,726,100,000 1,110,100,000 1,390,200,000 1,355,300,000 2,116,800,000 1,208,400,000 1,412,000,000 1,456,500,000 1,495,700,000 1,253,900,000 1,327,200,000 4,241,600,000 1,125,000,000 1,149,500,000 -259,900,000 1,217,400,000 -1,656,900,000 555,600,000 1,008,000,000 -110,800,000 771,800,000 778,000,000 747,700,000 440,100,000 478,400,000 799,700,000 600,800,000 529,500,000 428,500,000 500,600,000 733,500,000 727,900,000 727,500,000 1,203,100,000 1,206,200,000 1,548,000,000 827,300,000 1,326,600,000 923,600,000 1,011,100,000 1,236,300,000 1,197,300,000 
      yoy
    168.04% 50.52% 475.34% 90.78% 23.02% 101.39% -1790.42% 68.27% 66.77% 13.01% -103.95% 85.11% -29.32% 12.26% 30.77% -31.48% 40.40% -18.46% -8.13% -1.54% -6.95% 41.53% -3.63% 6.39% -65.66% 32.95% 9.08% -610.66% 248.41% -167.90% 106.89% -125.78% -1198.74% -314.68% -28.59% 34.81% -125.18% 61.33% -2.71% 24.45% -16.88% 11.65% 59.75% -18.09% -27.26% -41.10% -58.39% -39.19% -52.98% -12.06% -9.31% 30.60% 53.10% -33.08% 10.80%     
      qoq
    11.42% 18.90% -1.38% 105.14% -37.43% 354.48% -67.30% 32.28% 2.43% -3914.81% -103.26% 31.10% -30.59% 33.48% 52.41% -49.94% 10.24% 55.49% -20.15% 2.58% -35.97% 75.17% -14.42% -3.06% -2.62% 19.28% -5.52% -68.71% 277.03% -2.13% -542.29% -121.35% -173.47% -398.22% -44.88% -1009.75% -114.36% -0.80% 4.05% 69.89% -8.01% -40.18% 33.11% 13.47% 23.57% -14.40% -31.75% 0.77% 0.05% -39.53% -0.26% -22.08% 87.11% -37.64% 43.63% -8.65% -18.22% 3.26%  
      net income margin %
    37.36% 34.41% 31.72% 36.38% 21.68% 32.59% 8.48% 26.25% 25.58% 23.41% -0.60% 21.21% 19.32% 26.54% 20.91% 14.68% 24.36% 21.58% 16.39% 20.63% 19.91% 28.45% 21.05% 25.68% 24.86% 24.46% 22.90% 23.55% 83.30% 17.47% 18.96% -4.09% 21.36% -26.89% 9.82% 17.31% -2.12% 13.40% 14.99% 13.83% 9.05% 8.90% 16.12% 12.07% 11.40% 8.37% 10.27% 14.86% 15.54% 12.52% 20.84% 20.34% 27.63% 13.89% 24.37% 16.49% 18.05% 20.11% 19.15% 
      earnings per share:
                                                               
      basic
    8.27 7.4 6.22 6.3 3.07 4.9 1.08 3.29 2.49 2.43 -0.06 1.96 1.49 2.15 1.61 1.06 2.11 1.063 1.22 1.53 1.49         1.1 1.13 -0.25 1.16 -1.57 0.53 0.96 -0.1 0.73 0.74 0.71 0.42 0.45 0.75                 
      diluted
    8.26 7.39 6.21 6.29 3.06 4.88 1.07 3.28 2.48 2.42 -0.06 1.95 1.49 2.14 1.61 1.05 2.1 1.058 1.22 1.53 1.49         1.1 1.12 -0.25 1.16 -1.56 0.53 0.95 -0.1 0.73 0.73 0.71 0.41 0.45 0.75                 
      shares used in calculation of earnings per share:
                                                               
      basic
    894.5 -0.5 896.9 897.9 898.7 899,704.1 901 900.9 900.8 899,280.8 899.8 899.7 901 900,834.2 900.7 900.3 903.7 906,055.3 906.7 907.3 908.8 906,726.5 907.2 907.2 908.2 930,120.8 913.9 920.8 979.9 1,026,687.8 1,020.4 1,030.2 1,048 1,050,968.2 1,053.4 1,055 1,056.3 1,057,265.6 1,057.7 1,057.7 1,059.9 1,060,850.6 1,061.4                 
      diluted
    895.9 -0.4 898.8 899.8 900.6 903,154.6 905 904.2 903.8 902,380.9 899.8 902.7 903.3 903,714.5 903.8 902.9 906.4 910,769.3 910.8 910.4 912.4 911,593.1 911.4 910.9 911.7 934,741.6 918.5 924.6 984 1,032,629.2 1,026.3 1,030.2 1,049.8 1,050,966 1,056 1,057.1 1,056.3 1,060,763.9 1,060.8 1,060.1 1,063.1 1,064,654 1,065.2                 
      acquired in-process research and development and development milestones
                 240,100,000 62,400,000 440,400,000 165,600,000                                           
      net income from continuing operations
                         2,116,800,000 1,208,400,000 1,412,000,000 1,456,500,000 1,495,700,000 1,253,900,000 1,327,200,000 561,100,000                               
      net income from discontinued operations
                                3,680,500,000                               
      earnings per share:
                                                               
      earnings from continuing operations - basic
                         2.33 1.33 1.56 1.6 1.63 1.37 1.44 0.57                               
      earnings from discontinued operations - basic
                             0.03   3.76                               
      earnings per share - basic
                         2.33 1.33 1.56 1.6 1.66 1.37 1.44 4.33                               
      earnings from continuing operations - diluted
                         2.32 1.33 1.55 1.6 1.63 1.37 1.44 0.57                               
      earnings from discontinued operations - diluted
                             0.02   3.74                               
      earnings per share - diluted
                         2.32 1.33 1.55 1.6 1.65 1.37 1.44 4.31                               
      dividends paid per share
                                   0.563 0.563 0.39 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.383 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.375 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.368 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.368 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.368 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 
      other–net, income
                                             -13,975,000 -86,500,000 123,300,000 -92,700,000 -50,825,000 -93,500,000 -53,800,000 -56,000,000           
      basic earnings per share:
                                                               
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, including incremental shares
                                               1,061.7 1,064.2 1,069,932 1,069.6 1,071.7 1,072.7           
      basic earnings per share
                                               0.57 0.5 0.4 0.47 0.68 0.68           
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                               
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, including incremental shares and stock options
                                               1,065.6 1,067 1,074,286 1,074.4 1,076.4 1,075.8           
      diluted earnings per share
                                               0.56 0.5 0.41 0.47 0.68 0.68           
      asset impairments, restructuring, and other special charges
                                                     21,300,000  63,500,000 21,700,000 204,000,000 53,300,000  23,800,000 25,200,000 132,300,000 
      other – net, income
                                                     -127,450,000 31,300,000 -11,900,000 -529,200,000 -181,500,000 -788,500,000   83,400,000 57,600,000 
      earnings per share – basic
                                                     0.913 1.11 1.12        
      earnings per share – diluted
                                                     0.91 1.11 1.11        
      earnings per share – basic and diluted
                                                        1.42 0.73 1.18 0.83 0.91 1.11 1.07 
      other – net, expense
                                                           16,500,000 46,000,000   
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        assets
                                                            
        current assets
                                                            
        cash and cash equivalents
      5,282,000,000 7,268,000,000 9,791,900,000 3,375,900,000 3,093,300,000 3,268,400,000 3,369,000,000 3,223,600,000 2,460,200,000 2,818,600,000 2,380,800,000 2,694,500,000 3,545,900,000 2,067,000,000 2,617,400,000 2,622,900,000 2,459,200,000 3,818,500,000 3,788,200,000 3,220,000,000 3,002,400,000 3,657,100,000 3,595,300,000 2,365,100,000 1,699,000,000 2,337,500,000 1,563,800,000 2,290,200,000 2,036,400,000 7,998,200,000 8,960,000,000 6,817,300,000 3,084,300,000 6,536,200,000 3,724,300,000 3,069,900,000 2,616,900,000 4,582,100,000 3,489,000,000 3,238,000,000 2,307,600,000 3,666,400,000 3,238,800,000 3,315,500,000 3,064,800,000 3,871,600,000 3,165,800,000 3,765,700,000 3,888,000,000 4,368,900,000 3,786,500,000 3,936,600,000 5,319,200,000 4,345,800,000 
        accounts receivable
      18,429,000,000 17,760,000,000 16,107,400,000 14,170,400,000 12,036,600,000 11,005,700,000 10,294,800,000 11,027,900,000 7,885,600,000 9,090,500,000 8,167,100,000 7,516,100,000 7,526,200,000 6,896,000,000 6,715,300,000 6,364,500,000 6,322,500,000 6,672,800,000 5,914,300,000 5,829,400,000 5,592,800,000 5,875,300,000 4,886,700,000 4,828,900,000 5,106,100,000 4,547,300,000 4,441,700,000 4,612,500,000 4,200,500,000 5,246,500,000 4,859,400,000 4,823,000,000 4,495,100,000 4,546,300,000 4,401,300,000 4,349,900,000 4,017,200,000 4,029,400,000 3,848,500,000 3,947,900,000 3,622,600,000 3,513,000,000 3,401,900,000 3,348,800,000 3,142,500,000 3,234,600,000 3,053,500,000 3,187,900,000 3,002,900,000 3,445,000,000 3,579,100,000 3,439,700,000 3,268,200,000 3,181,700,000 
        other receivables
      2,748,000,000 2,395,000,000 3,349,800,000 3,035,200,000 1,966,600,000 2,269,700,000 1,756,900,000 2,051,100,000 2,127,900,000 2,245,700,000 2,196,700,000 1,655,300,000 1,495,900,000 1,662,900,000 1,609,500,000 1,307,900,000 1,483,200,000 1,454,400,000 1,110,700,000 1,073,400,000 1,065,800,000 1,053,700,000 958,100,000 946,700,000 1,246,400,000 994,200,000 1,096,200,000 977,500,000 977,500,000 958,400,000 793,200,000 756,100,000 775,600,000 715,900,000 613,200,000 606,200,000 596,700,000 736,900,000 672,900,000 545,200,000 564,800,000 558,600,000 665,800,000 747,800,000 683,200,000 566,700,000 581,100,000 566,200,000 743,200,000 550,400,000 634,900,000 589,400,000 527,300,000 590,000,000 
        inventories
      14,529,000,000 13,744,000,000 12,180,400,000 11,013,800,000 9,311,000,000 7,589,200,000 7,459,800,000 6,481,500,000 6,101,800,000 5,772,800,000 4,901,400,000 4,798,700,000 4,544,800,000 4,309,700,000 3,831,100,000 3,899,400,000 3,893,000,000 3,886,000,000 3,907,400,000 3,824,900,000 3,660,800,000 3,980,300,000 3,555,400,000 3,313,900,000 3,102,400,000 3,190,700,000 3,101,300,000 3,181,100,000 3,055,200,000 4,111,800,000 4,118,000,000 4,155,500,000 4,631,300,000 4,458,300,000 4,406,900,000 4,346,000,000 4,035,100,000 3,561,900,000 3,881,200,000 3,759,900,000 3,740,200,000 3,445,800,000 3,417,700,000 3,288,400,000 2,980,200,000 2,740,000,000 2,844,500,000 3,190,300,000 2,969,000,000 2,974,100,000 2,725,400,000 2,576,700,000 2,553,400,000 2,320,800,000 
        prepaid expenses
      13,633,000,000 14,315,000,000 20,248,700,000 18,019,800,000 14,653,900,000 8,340,500,000 8,250,600,000 7,137,600,000 6,348,600,000 5,540,800,000                                             
        other current assets
      214,000,000 147,000,000 271,500,000 68,800,000 72,400,000 111,400,000 134,600,000 142,200,000 138,600,000 149,500,000                                             
        total current assets
      54,835,000,000 55,629,000,000 62,071,300,000 49,854,000,000 41,261,200,000 32,739,700,000 31,415,100,000 30,204,300,000 25,188,800,000 25,727,000,000 23,007,000,000 21,331,600,000 20,811,400,000 18,034,500,000 17,639,900,000 17,115,200,000 16,964,700,000 18,452,400,000 17,808,300,000 17,295,500,000 16,604,500,000 17,462,100,000 16,239,900,000 14,581,900,000 13,994,200,000 13,709,600,000 12,661,800,000 13,454,500,000 12,597,500,000 20,549,600,000 20,685,900,000 18,332,700,000 16,261,500,000 19,202,100,000 17,428,400,000 15,746,500,000 12,976,200,000 15,101,400,000 13,385,900,000 12,977,300,000 11,714,600,000 12,573,600,000 12,567,000,000 12,346,000,000 11,742,700,000 12,179,800,000 12,110,500,000 13,156,700,000 13,039,300,000 13,202,200,000 12,639,300,000 12,326,100,000 14,038,900,000 12,307,300,000 
        noncurrent assets
                                                            
        investments
      3,116,000,000 2,802,000,000 2,808,300,000 3,207,400,000 3,222,700,000 3,215,900,000 3,200,200,000 2,877,600,000 3,086,900,000 3,052,200,000 2,691,700,000 2,745,100,000 2,750,400,000 2,901,800,000 2,574,600,000 2,587,200,000 2,727,300,000 3,212,600,000 3,350,500,000 3,474,900,000 3,232,400,000 2,966,800,000 2,476,200,000 2,406,400,000 2,148,700,000 1,962,400,000 1,825,300,000 1,852,700,000 2,111,400,000 2,020,700,000 2,005,800,000 2,059,600,000 5,375,100,000 5,678,800,000 6,148,700,000 5,723,300,000 5,297,700,000 5,207,500,000 5,027,000,000 4,449,200,000 3,764,300,000 3,646,600,000 4,102,000,000 4,099,100,000 4,576,500,000 4,568,900,000 7,405,500,000 6,649,700,000 7,204,800,000 7,220,200,000 6,561,400,000 5,636,200,000 5,224,300,000 4,547,600,000 
        goodwill
      6,130,000,000 5,898,000,000 5,898,000,000 5,770,500,000 5,770,500,000 5,770,300,000 5,768,400,000 5,768,200,000 4,939,600,000 4,939,700,000 4,085,200,000 4,078,900,000 4,073,100,000 4,073,000,000 3,891,600,000 3,891,800,000 3,892,000,000 3,892,000,000 3,884,100,000 3,884,200,000 3,877,400,000 3,766,500,000 3,726,400,000 3,723,200,000 3,779,100,000 3,679,400,000 3,772,500,000 3,820,100,000 3,855,900,000 4,347,500,000 4,358,400,000 4,333,100,000 4,412,400,000 4,370,100,000 4,365,600,000 4,290,800,000 4,188,000,000 3,972,700,000 4,007,700,000 4,026,500,000 4,045,100,000 4,039,900,000 4,054,900,000 4,024,700,000 3,946,900,000 1,758,100,000         
        other intangibles
      7,374,000,000 6,521,000,000 6,446,700,000 5,908,300,000 6,012,200,000 6,166,300,000 6,537,300,000 6,636,100,000 6,762,200,000 6,906,600,000 6,781,700,000 6,903,500,000 7,087,100,000 7,206,600,000 7,124,100,000 7,497,700,000 7,482,400,000 7,691,900,000 7,887,700,000 7,985,400,000 8,087,800,000 7,450,000,000 7,588,600,000 7,712,500,000 7,766,700,000 6,618,000,000 6,689,300,000 6,586,600,000 6,641,500,000 3,521,000,000 3,619,400,000 3,772,100,000 3,920,000,000 4,029,200,000 4,271,600,000 4,542,600,000 4,716,700,000 4,357,900,000 4,638,500,000 4,806,300,000 4,889,800,000 5,034,800,000 4,615,900,000 4,842,900,000 4,947,700,000 2,884,200,000         
        deferred tax assets
      11,350,000,000 9,959,000,000 8,962,700,000 9,427,400,000 8,573,200,000 8,000,600,000 7,392,300,000 6,655,300,000 5,633,900,000 5,477,300,000 4,574,800,000 3,805,900,000 3,406,700,000 2,792,900,000 2,384,300,000 2,371,900,000 2,464,900,000 2,489,300,000 2,625,600,000 2,674,900,000 2,649,900,000 2,830,400,000 2,555,300,000 2,481,800,000 2,471,600,000 2,572,600,000 2,412,800,000 2,507,400,000 2,511,000,000 2,657,700,000 3,132,300,000 3,314,400,000 3,681,600,000                      
        property and equipment
      26,540,000,000 24,675,000,000 22,316,000,000 20,529,700,000 18,474,100,000 17,102,400,000 16,171,800,000 14,829,400,000 13,624,000,000 12,913,600,000 11,863,200,000 11,277,400,000 10,546,200,000 10,144,000,000 9,311,300,000 9,128,200,000 9,102,700,000 8,985,100,000 8,920,400,000 8,855,500,000 8,630,100,000 8,681,900,000 8,281,100,000 7,981,100,000 7,897,900,000 7,872,900,000 7,801,500,000 7,847,500,000 7,780,000,000 8,919,500,000 8,814,100,000 8,770,800,000 8,958,200,000 8,826,500,000 8,598,500,000 8,582,800,000 8,425,500,000 8,252,600,000 8,251,900,000 8,066,100,000 8,033,100,000 8,053,500,000 8,075,300,000 8,022,600,000 7,950,700,000 7,963,900,000 8,043,300,000 8,100,900,000 7,970,700,000 7,767,400,000 7,636,700,000 7,623,400,000 7,638,900,000 7,619,900,000 
        other noncurrent assets
      7,231,000,000 6,992,000,000 6,432,400,000 6,225,300,000 6,074,900,000 5,719,700,000 5,121,800,000 4,903,900,000 4,708,100,000 4,989,900,000 4,911,900,000 4,671,600,000 4,488,100,000 4,337,000,000 4,535,700,000 4,471,600,000 4,285,300,000 4,082,700,000 3,710,400,000 3,638,600,000 3,756,200,000 3,475,400,000 3,078,500,000 3,080,100,000 3,044,600,000 2,339,100,000                             
        total assets
      116,576,000,000 112,476,000,000 114,935,400,000 100,922,600,000 89,388,800,000 78,714,900,000 75,606,900,000 71,874,800,000 63,943,500,000 64,006,300,000 57,915,500,000 54,814,000,000 53,163,000,000 49,489,800,000 47,461,500,000 47,063,600,000 46,919,300,000 48,806,000,000 48,187,000,000 47,809,000,000 46,838,300,000 46,633,100,000 43,946,000,000 41,967,000,000 41,102,800,000 39,286,100,000 37,893,100,000 38,666,400,000 38,006,800,000 43,908,400,000 44,625,100,000 42,359,200,000 44,355,600,000 44,981,000,000 43,010,400,000 40,946,500,000 37,624,300,000 38,805,900,000 37,590,300,000 36,475,300,000 34,691,800,000 35,568,900,000 36,304,700,000 36,036,600,000 35,653,900,000 37,178,200,000 34,648,800,000 35,018,400,000 34,756,900,000 33,965,600,000 33,226,000,000 32,300,100,000 34,321,000,000 31,812,600,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                            
        current liabilities
                                                            
        short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt
      4,000,000,000 1,635,000,000 1,633,000,000 5,723,700,000 4,016,400,000 5,117,100,000 2,074,300,000 5,161,600,000 1,651,500,000 6,904,500,000 2,244,700,000 661,600,000 3,100,000 1,501,100,000 1,744,600,000 2,121,800,000 1,355,900,000 1,538,300,000 1,563,000,000 1,778,500,000 4,900,000 8,700,000 587,500,000 1,263,800,000 3,248,000,000 1,499,300,000 1,563,100,000 2,068,600,000 2,354,900,000 1,131,200,000 1,002,200,000 3,049,100,000 2,304,200,000 3,706,600,000 3,538,100,000 2,444,200,000 2,609,300,000 1,937,400,000 641,500,000 645,800,000 648,300,000 6,100,000 9,300,000 10,800,000 805,400,000 2,688,700,000 313,000,000 10,300,000 9,100,000 1,019,100,000 1,023,200,000 1,028,000,000 9,100,000 9,100,000 
        accounts payable
      5,029,000,000 5,379,000,000 4,262,200,000 4,075,700,000 3,442,000,000 3,228,600,000 2,886,500,000 2,924,800,000 2,473,700,000 2,598,800,000 2,435,100,000 2,474,200,000 2,015,900,000 1,930,600,000 1,683,200,000 1,659,300,000 1,433,300,000 1,670,600,000 1,566,800,000 1,597,800,000 1,639,600,000 1,606,700,000 1,430,100,000 1,247,200,000 1,207,700,000 1,405,300,000 1,114,900,000 1,198,900,000 1,168,100,000 1,412,300,000 1,281,200,000 1,316,900,000 1,267,400,000 1,410,700,000 1,200,100,000 1,257,200,000 1,220,100,000 1,349,300,000 1,161,200,000 1,207,800,000 1,151,600,000 1,338,200,000 1,179,300,000 1,153,000,000 1,179,600,000 1,128,100,000 1,023,300,000 1,124,600,000 1,149,900,000 1,247,400,000 1,141,000,000 974,400,000 1,328,700,000 1,201,600,000 
        employee compensation
      1,359,000,000 2,375,000,000 1,965,700,000 1,303,000,000 1,113,900,000 2,093,900,000 1,703,300,000 1,168,300,000 844,200,000 1,650,400,000 1,233,200,000 867,700,000 739,700,000 1,059,800,000 984,100,000 835,800,000 693,100,000 958,100,000 836,600,000 755,500,000 649,900,000 997,200,000 795,600,000 673,600,000 565,800,000 915,500,000 704,500,000 588,200,000 511,700,000 1,054,500,000 858,500,000 710,500,000 588,100,000 997,900,000 821,100,000 668,400,000 566,500,000 896,900,000 738,500,000 622,500,000 548,700,000 967,000,000 829,600,000 672,600,000 518,700,000 759,000,000 701,100,000 633,400,000 554,800,000 805,200,000 671,300,000 543,700,000 772,700,000 602,900,000 
        sales rebates and discounts
      17,547,000,000 17,382,000,000 17,620,200,000 14,537,400,000 11,550,300,000 11,539,300,000 12,429,700,000 12,446,800,000 9,429,600,000 11,689,000,000 11,522,300,000 10,389,900,000 9,529,500,000 8,784,100,000 8,568,400,000 7,991,400,000 6,768,700,000 6,845,800,000 7,185,600,000 7,035,800,000 5,821,400,000 5,853,000,000 5,745,200,000 5,282,200,000 4,703,900,000 4,933,600,000 5,277,000,000 4,993,700,000 4,455,700,000 5,021,900,000 5,129,400,000 4,745,100,000 4,348,000,000 4,465,100,000 4,332,700,000 4,029,100,000 3,697,500,000 3,914,900,000 3,547,500,000 3,098,800,000 2,601,100,000 2,560,100,000 2,541,800,000 2,328,100,000 2,025,700,000 2,068,800,000 1,970,600,000 1,875,700,000 1,724,200,000 2,014,100,000 1,797,500,000 1,693,800,000 1,695,600,000 1,628,600,000 
        other current liabilities
      8,699,000,000 8,457,000,000 5,215,400,000 5,076,900,000 3,769,800,000 5,051,400,000 5,580,300,000 4,249,200,000 4,199,100,000 3,281,300,000 2,585,400,000 2,271,600,000 2,193,500,000 2,370,300,000 1,986,900,000 2,003,500,000 2,536,700,000 3,027,500,000 2,326,500,000 2,624,900,000 2,806,800,000 2,750,300,000 2,245,000,000 2,060,900,000 2,217,400,000 2,189,400,000 1,988,400,000 2,189,200,000 2,254,300,000 2,213,400,000 2,146,200,000 2,190,500,000 2,346,300,000 2,832,100,000 2,360,100,000 2,112,100,000 2,232,600,000 2,220,900,000 2,001,100,000 2,200,600,000 2,276,600,000 2,460,300,000 2,099,700,000 2,625,500,000 2,516,800,000 2,472,600,000 2,060,600,000 2,036,300,000 2,330,800,000 2,110,900,000 2,297,600,000 2,274,400,000 2,816,400,000 2,590,400,000 
        total current liabilities
      36,634,000,000 35,228,000,000 40,140,900,000 39,019,900,000 30,068,100,000 28,376,600,000 24,674,100,000 27,121,200,000 18,598,100,000 27,293,200,000 21,998,200,000 18,915,000,000 16,010,000,000 17,138,200,000 15,652,800,000 15,620,600,000 13,386,000,000 15,052,700,000 13,682,000,000 15,093,200,000 11,714,200,000 12,481,600,000 11,976,900,000 11,988,500,000 12,610,200,000 11,775,200,000 10,828,600,000 11,855,400,000 11,236,100,000 11,888,100,000 10,826,700,000 13,055,200,000 11,547,000,000 14,535,900,000 12,666,500,000 11,294,500,000 10,448,000,000 10,986,600,000 8,272,800,000 8,401,000,000 7,340,900,000 8,229,600,000 8,303,300,000 8,232,000,000 8,342,900,000 11,207,500,000 7,574,600,000 7,417,400,000 6,631,700,000 8,076,100,000 8,408,500,000 7,593,600,000 6,960,700,000 6,609,700,000 
        noncurrent liabilities
                                                            
        long-term debt
      39,370,000,000 40,868,000,000 40,873,600,000 34,180,100,000 34,499,500,000 28,527,100,000 29,045,400,000 23,730,400,000 24,559,900,000 18,320,800,000 17,923,600,000 18,158,400,000 18,880,500,000 14,737,500,000 14,143,800,000 14,692,000,000 15,152,900,000 15,346,400,000 15,522,400,000 14,736,600,000 16,199,600,000 16,586,600,000 16,334,600,000 15,064,400,000 13,982,300,000 13,817,900,000 13,662,200,000 13,717,600,000 13,610,200,000 11,639,700,000 11,674,700,000 9,170,500,000 9,393,500,000 9,940,500,000 9,926,600,000 9,867,900,000 7,637,500,000 8,367,800,000 8,707,300,000 8,685,500,000 7,477,600,000 7,972,400,000 8,069,600,000 7,988,600,000 7,415,300,000 5,367,700,000 5,292,600,000 5,301,000,000 5,255,300,000 4,263,800,000 4,290,800,000 4,431,600,000 5,510,900,000 5,500,200,000 
        long-term income taxes payable
      5,289,000,000 5,875,000,000 6,293,600,000 5,684,300,000 5,370,500,000 4,060,900,000 3,878,800,000 3,496,600,000 4,189,400,000 3,849,200,000 3,468,300,000 3,330,700,000 3,842,100,000 3,709,600,000 3,641,700,000 3,557,600,000 3,978,100,000 3,920,000,000 3,768,500,000 3,738,000,000 3,917,500,000 3,837,800,000 3,392,700,000 3,377,500,000 3,621,900,000 3,607,200,000 3,526,500,000 3,485,700,000 3,760,400,000 3,724,600,000 3,740,500,000 3,506,600,000 3,748,100,000 3,776,500,000 710,000,000 705,000,000 697,200,000 688,900,000 805,600,000 805,100,000 908,000,000 868,900,000 910,600,000 1,026,800,000 954,000,000 998,500,000 932,800,000 940,100,000 906,600,000 853,500,000 1,410,600,000 1,363,700,000 1,275,100,000 1,207,500,000 
        other noncurrent liabilities
      4,085,000,000 3,970,000,000 3,776,500,000 2,344,700,000 2,288,400,000 2,178,200,000 2,239,400,000 2,470,700,000 2,270,800,000 2,240,600,000 1,906,100,000 1,951,800,000 1,822,500,000 1,736,700,000 1,852,900,000 1,783,100,000 1,713,900,000 1,644,300,000 1,748,700,000 1,801,900,000 1,737,300,000 1,707,500,000 1,702,600,000 1,826,800,000 1,873,000,000 1,014,300,000 1,100,400,000 1,142,800,000 1,169,800,000 2,835,600,000 1,547,800,000 1,585,600,000 1,574,100,000 1,546,300,000 2,288,600,000 2,443,800,000 2,282,200,000 2,228,200,000 2,111,000,000 1,907,100,000 1,829,300,000 1,747,400,000 1,422,100,000 1,454,100,000 1,474,400,000 1,653,500,000 1,642,200,000 1,836,600,000 2,061,500,000 1,268,200,000 1,258,000,000 1,295,200,000 1,815,000,000 1,472,800,000 
        total noncurrent liabilities
      48,744,000,000 50,713,000,000 50,943,700,000 43,553,600,000 43,473,900,000 36,066,700,000 36,612,100,000 31,118,100,000 32,448,000,000 25,849,400,000                                             
        commitments and contingencies
                                                            
        equity
                                                            
        common stock
      590,000,000  591,400,000 592,000,000 592,600,000  593,900,000 594,200,000 594,200,000  593,600,000 593,600,000 593,500,000  594,100,000 594,100,000 594,100,000  598,200,000 598,100,000 599,700,000  598,100,000 598,100,000 598,100,000  600,400,000 603,700,000 607,100,000  667,100,000 673,500,000 680,800,000  688,500,000 688,500,000 690,000,000  690,400,000 690,300,000 690,300,000  693,000,000 693,300,000 694,100,000  696,600,000 699,000,000 700,100,000 704,700,000 704,700,000 704,500,000 725,800,000 725,800,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      6,921,000,000 7,346,000,000 7,231,900,000 7,089,300,000 6,910,000,000 7,439,300,000 7,339,600,000 7,214,200,000 7,009,500,000 7,250,400,000 7,160,000,000 6,948,600,000 6,793,100,000 6,921,400,000 6,829,000,000 6,746,000,000 6,656,300,000 6,833,400,000 6,758,000,000 6,669,200,000 6,579,200,000 6,778,500,000 6,698,800,000 6,629,400,000 6,556,100,000 6,685,300,000 6,608,700,000 6,534,500,000 5,756,600,000 6,583,600,000 6,522,900,000 5,825,700,000 5,758,000,000 5,817,800,000 5,754,700,000 5,686,100,000 5,617,600,000 5,640,600,000 5,648,600,000 5,587,800,000 5,523,000,000 5,552,100,000 5,441,900,000 5,368,500,000 5,279,600,000 5,292,300,000 5,222,000,000 5,120,300,000 5,034,600,000 5,042,300,000 4,969,600,000 4,902,900,000 4,919,900,000 4,890,100,000 
        retained earnings
      29,514,000,000 24,470,000,000 22,252,000,000 17,376,200,000 15,099,500,000 13,545,000,000 13,627,200,000 13,178,000,000 12,553,900,000 10,312,300,000 10,309,900,000 10,368,500,000 10,639,300,000 10,042,600,000 10,006,500,000 8,556,000,000 9,369,400,000 8,958,500,000 9,639,400,000 8,530,100,000 9,181,300,000 7,830,200,000 7,154,000,000 6,617,200,000 5,879,400,000 4,920,400,000 4,981,900,000 4,318,100,000 4,879,400,000 11,395,900,000 14,408,700,000 14,247,300,000 16,608,200,000 13,894,100,000 16,145,500,000 15,590,100,000 15,876,700,000 16,046,300,000 16,601,600,000 15,824,100,000 16,155,000,000 16,011,800,000 16,856,700,000 16,114,900,000 16,706,800,000 16,482,700,000 17,406,900,000 17,204,300,000 17,665,300,000 17,811,000,000 16,608,600,000 16,462,400,000 17,062,200,000 15,736,200,000 
        employee benefit trust
      -3,013,000,000 -3,013,000,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 -3,013,200,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -2,833,000,000 -2,880,000,000 -3,206,300,000 -3,716,000,000 -3,774,600,000 -4,321,900,000 -4,274,800,000 -4,378,500,000 -4,299,500,000 -4,327,000,000 -3,784,900,000 -3,788,700,000 -3,777,300,000 -3,844,600,000 -4,295,800,000 -4,287,700,000 -4,225,300,000 -4,343,100,000 -6,172,700,000 -6,287,100,000 -6,395,600,000 -6,496,400,000 -6,555,100,000 -6,682,900,000 -6,885,900,000 -6,523,600,000 -5,734,500,000 -5,600,500,000 -5,687,500,000 -5,729,200,000 -5,439,500,000 -6,108,700,000 -5,437,500,000 -5,718,600,000 -4,609,400,000 -4,774,900,000 -5,064,300,000 -5,274,000,000 -4,257,700,000 -4,371,200,000 -4,264,700,000 -4,580,700,000 -4,667,000,000 -4,403,200,000 -4,657,500,000 -3,991,800,000 -2,551,600,000 -1,935,300,000 -1,957,300,000 -3,564,100,000 -3,948,700,000 -4,014,400,000 -3,535,900,000 -3,934,200,000 
        other equity
      19,000,000 22,000,000                                                     
        total equity
      31,198,000,000 26,535,000,000 23,850,800,000 18,349,100,000 15,846,800,000 14,271,600,000 14,320,700,000 13,635,500,000 12,897,400,000 10,863,700,000 11,307,400,000 11,149,300,000 11,294,900,000 10,775,400,000 10,165,900,000 8,659,200,000 9,462,000,000 9,154,800,000 7,954,100,000 6,663,500,000 7,099,300,000 5,825,200,000 4,996,000,000 4,272,000,000 3,197,200,000 2,699,100,000 3,462,300,000 2,857,300,000 2,565,000,000 10,909,100,000 14,150,900,000 11,620,800,000 14,587,800,000 11,667,900,000 14,960,600,000 14,169,700,000 14,103,700,000 14,080,500,000 15,615,800,000 14,656,200,000 15,029,400,000 14,590,300,000 15,240,900,000 14,705,400,000 14,946,500,000 15,388,100,000 17,682,500,000 17,994,800,000 18,348,700,000      
        total liabilities and equity
      116,576,000,000 112,476,000,000 114,935,400,000 100,922,600,000 89,388,800,000 78,714,900,000 75,606,900,000 71,874,800,000 63,943,500,000 64,006,300,000 57,915,500,000 54,814,000,000 53,163,000,000 49,489,800,000 47,461,500,000 47,063,600,000 46,919,300,000 48,806,000,000 48,187,000,000 47,809,000,000 46,838,300,000 46,633,100,000 43,946,000,000 41,967,000,000 41,102,800,000 39,286,100,000 37,893,100,000 38,666,400,000 38,006,800,000 43,908,400,000 44,625,100,000 42,359,200,000 44,355,600,000 44,981,000,000 43,010,400,000 40,946,500,000 37,624,300,000 38,805,900,000 37,590,300,000 36,475,300,000 34,691,800,000 35,568,900,000 36,304,700,000 36,036,600,000 35,653,900,000 37,178,200,000 34,648,800,000 35,018,400,000 34,756,900,000      
        common stock—no par valueauthorized shares: 3,200.0issued shares: 944.8
       590,000,000                                                     
        short-term investments
        121,600,000 170,100,000 127,400,000 154,800,000 149,400,000 140,400,000 126,100,000 109,100,000 113,100,000 134,600,000 123,400,000 144,800,000 124,700,000 113,800,000 109,100,000 90,100,000 37,100,000 51,200,000 49,000,000 24,200,000 35,000,000 22,800,000 78,400,000 101,000,000 89,200,000 77,700,000 100,700,000 88,200,000 76,100,000 92,200,000 1,705,200,000 1,497,900,000 3,218,800,000 2,364,200,000 888,700,000 1,456,500,000 737,800,000 696,800,000 687,400,000 785,400,000 1,080,400,000 915,400,000 1,075,000,000 955,400,000 1,644,100,000 1,360,800,000 1,324,400,000 1,010,400,000 924,500,000 795,800,000 1,580,700,000 915,700,000 
        short-term income taxes payable
        9,444,400,000 6,958,000,000 6,175,700,000                                                  
        eli lilly and company shareholders' equity
                                                            
        cost of common stock in treasury
        -62,500,000 -55,400,000 -49,500,000 -49,500,000 -32,700,000 -32,700,000 -32,700,000 -44,200,000 -45,000,000 -45,000,000 -45,000,000 -50,500,000 -50,500,000 -50,500,000 -50,500,000 -52,700,000 -52,700,000 -52,700,000 -52,700,000 -55,700,000 -55,700,000 -55,700,000 -55,700,000 -60,800,000 -60,800,000 -62,100,000 -62,100,000 -69,400,000 -69,400,000 -69,400,000 -69,300,000 -75,800,000 -75,800,000 -75,800,000 -75,800,000 -80,500,000 -80,500,000 -80,500,000 -80,500,000 -90,000,000 -90,000,000 -90,000,000 -90,000,000  -91,400,000 -91,400,000 -91,400,000 -93,600,000 -93,600,000 -93,600,000 -94,300,000 -94,300,000 
        total eli lilly and company shareholders' equity
        23,793,300,000 18,272,900,000 15,764,800,000 14,192,100,000 14,240,000,000 13,562,000,000 12,812,200,000 10,771,900,000 11,220,400,000 11,063,800,000 11,190,400,000 10,649,800,000 10,070,100,000 8,544,700,000 9,330,800,000 8,979,200,000    5,641,600,000    2,606,900,000    9,828,700,000    11,592,200,000    14,007,700,000    14,571,300,000    15,373,200,000         
        noncontrolling interests
        57,500,000 76,200,000 82,000,000 79,500,000 80,700,000 73,500,000 85,200,000 91,800,000 87,000,000 85,500,000 104,500,000 125,600,000 95,800,000 114,500,000 131,200,000 175,600,000 197,100,000 219,100,000 200,600,000 183,600,000 169,100,000 179,100,000 118,400,000 92,200,000 79,800,000 76,800,000 84,700,000 1,080,400,000 1,074,300,000 65,600,000 60,800,000 75,700,000 70,300,000 68,900,000 72,700,000 72,800,000 26,600,000 18,900,000 19,500,000 19,000,000 19,500,000 35,100,000 26,700,000 14,900,000 13,200,000 11,100,000 10,600,000 9,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 -7,600,000 -2,500,000 
        dividends payable
         1,345,200,000  1,346,300,000  1,170,500,000  1,169,200,000  1,016,200,000  1,017,200,000  882,200,000  885,500,000  770,800,000  770,600,000    671,500,000  593,900,000  650,800,000  578,200,000  590,600,000  547,500,000  548,100,000  537,500,000  539,000,000  529,200,000  530,300,000  524,100,000   527,000,000   543,600,000 
        accrued retirement benefits
         1,344,500,000 1,315,500,000 1,300,500,000 1,448,500,000 1,420,400,000 1,427,900,000 1,438,800,000 1,311,900,000 1,308,800,000 1,313,000,000 1,305,100,000 1,832,500,000 1,888,600,000 1,940,300,000 1,954,100,000 3,878,800,000 3,918,500,000 3,969,800,000 4,094,500,000 3,435,500,000 3,398,600,000 3,632,000,000 3,698,200,000 2,414,200,000 2,723,400,000 2,757,600,000 2,911,300,000 2,684,500,000 3,420,500,000 3,505,100,000 3,513,900,000 2,458,100,000 2,465,600,000 2,455,700,000 2,453,900,000 2,077,800,000 2,020,400,000 2,106,600,000 2,160,300,000 2,358,200,000 2,629,700,000 2,520,800,000 2,562,900,000 1,524,100,000 1,528,500,000 1,553,100,000 2,607,900,000 2,621,700,000 2,660,400,000 2,702,400,000 2,714,500,000 
        common stock—no par valueauthorized shares: 3,200,000issued shares: 947,903
           592,400,000                                                 
        common stock—no par valueauthorized shares: 3,200,000issued shares: 949,781
               593,600,000                                             
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
                5,247,900,000 4,532,400,000 3,575,200,000 2,954,100,000                                         
        income taxes payable
                1,977,500,000 1,233,800,000 1,528,300,000 475,100,000 685,600,000 126,600,000 598,300,000 126,900,000 203,500,000 529,900,000 791,600,000 495,100,000 1,173,500,000 1,460,800,000 667,400,000 160,600,000 180,700,000 222,900,000 491,400,000 404,000,000 409,200,000 464,900,000 693,000,000 532,900,000 414,400,000 236,000,000 122,000,000 119,100,000 183,000,000 88,000,000 114,600,000 358,900,000 700,000,000   93,500,000 153,500,000 168,600,000 102,500,000 37,500,000 37,300,000 352,700,000 338,200,000 33,500,000 
        other liabilities
                                                            
        total other liabilities
                24,609,900,000 24,749,700,000 25,858,100,000 21,576,200,000 21,642,800,000 22,783,800,000 24,071,300,000 24,598,500,000 26,550,900,000 26,052,300,000 28,024,800,000 28,326,300,000 26,973,100,000 25,706,500,000 25,295,400,000 24,811,800,000 23,602,200,000 23,953,700,000 24,205,700,000 21,111,200,000 19,647,500,000 17,683,200,000 18,220,800,000 18,777,200,000 15,383,300,000 15,482,300,000 13,072,600,000 13,738,800,000 13,701,700,000 13,418,100,000 12,321,500,000 12,749,000,000 12,760,500,000 13,099,200,000 12,364,500,000 10,582,600,000 9,391,700,000 9,606,200,000 9,776,500,000 8,993,400,000 9,581,100,000 9,750,900,000 11,303,400,000 10,895,000,000 
        deferred tax liabilities
                   87,300,000 171,900,000 862,500,000 1,286,100,000 1,733,700,000 1,632,500,000 1,857,300,000 2,200,600,000 2,099,900,000 2,107,700,000 2,039,200,000 2,186,200,000 2,187,500,000 2,413,700,000 2,380,900,000 2,399,500,000                          
        common stock—no par valueauthorized shares: 3,200,000issued shares: 950,632
                   594,100,000                                         
        prepaid expenses and other
                    2,741,900,000 2,806,700,000 2,697,700,000 2,530,600,000 3,050,600,000 3,296,600,000 3,233,700,000 2,871,500,000 3,209,400,000 3,104,500,000 2,761,900,000 2,538,900,000 2,369,600,000 2,315,500,000 2,227,200,000 2,146,500,000 1,879,200,000 1,688,600,000 1,570,000,000 1,447,500,000 1,063,900,000 1,010,300,000 821,600,000 734,600,000 756,500,000 789,500,000 792,000,000 604,400,000 762,400,000 730,100,000 797,000,000 811,500,000 821,500,000 1,085,800,000 1,111,800,000 853,400,000 988,900,000 987,900,000 790,100,000 953,300,000 
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 954,116
                       596,300,000                                     
        eli lilly and company shareholders’ equity
                                                            
        total eli lilly and company shareholders’ equity
                        7,757,000,000 6,444,400,000 6,898,700,000  4,826,900,000 4,092,900,000 3,078,800,000  3,382,500,000 2,780,500,000 2,480,300,000  13,076,600,000 11,555,200,000 14,527,000,000  14,890,300,000 14,100,800,000 14,031,000,000  15,589,200,000 14,637,300,000 15,009,900,000  15,221,400,000 14,670,300,000 14,919,800,000  17,669,300,000 17,983,700,000 18,338,100,000      
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 957,077
                           598,200,000                                 
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                            
        operating lease assets
                               532,100,000 535,700,000 545,500,000 546,500,000                          
        noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
                                                            
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                            
        noncurrent operating lease liabilities
                               486,700,000 485,200,000 503,300,000 508,200,000                          
        noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                            
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 958,056
                               598,800,000                             
        sundry
                                2,194,200,000 2,052,100,000 1,963,000,000 1,892,400,000 2,009,200,000 1,776,500,000 1,746,800,000 2,874,300,000 2,197,600,000 2,060,500,000 2,020,200,000 1,913,800,000 2,279,300,000 2,149,900,000 2,244,900,000 2,220,500,000 2,889,600,000 2,701,300,000 2,489,400,000 2,417,700,000 2,338,700,000 2,441,000,000 2,339,000,000 1,320,700,000 1,880,100,000 2,095,800,000 2,387,800,000 2,195,000,000 
        other assets
                                                            
        total other assets
                                   14,439,300,000 15,125,100,000 15,255,700,000 19,135,900,000 16,952,400,000 16,983,500,000 16,617,200,000 16,222,600,000 15,451,900,000 15,952,500,000 15,431,900,000 14,944,100,000 14,941,800,000 15,662,400,000 15,668,000,000 15,960,500,000 17,034,500,000 14,495,000,000 13,760,800,000 13,746,900,000 12,996,000,000 12,950,000,000 12,350,600,000 12,643,200,000 11,885,400,000 
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 1,057,639
                                   661,000,000                         
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 1,100,672
                                       687,900,000                     
        land, buildings, equipment, and construction in progress
                                        17,730,700,000 17,533,000,000 17,136,600,000  17,237,800,000 16,927,600,000 16,783,100,000  16,611,500,000 16,404,200,000 16,213,300,000  16,081,500,000 16,113,600,000 15,779,600,000      
        accumulated depreciation
                                        -9,132,200,000 -8,950,200,000 -8,711,100,000  -8,985,900,000 -8,861,500,000 -8,750,000,000  -8,536,200,000 -8,381,600,000 -8,262,600,000  -8,038,200,000 -8,012,700,000 -7,808,900,000      
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 1,101,586
                                           688,500,000                 
        restricted cash
                                                   5,405,600,000         
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 1,106,063
                                               691,300,000             
        deferred income taxes
                                                943,600,000 912,800,000 1,296,700,000 1,466,500,000 1,352,500,000 1,044,400,000 760,400,000 841,900,000 913,600,000 726,600,000   
        common stock—no par value authorized shares: 3,200,000 issued shares: 1,111,437
                                                   694,600,000         
        cost of common stock in treasury, 810 shares
                                                   -91,400,000         
        goodwill and other intangibles
                                                    4,750,800,000 4,670,100,000 4,203,100,000 4,455,100,000     
        land, buildings, equipment, and construction-in-progress
                                                       15,343,000,000 15,037,900,000 14,887,600,000 14,944,400,000 14,705,600,000 
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                       -7,575,600,000 -7,401,200,000 -7,264,200,000 -7,305,500,000 -7,085,700,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                            
        shareholders’ equity
                                                            
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                       16,896,100,000 15,236,400,000 14,955,600,000 16,056,900,000 14,307,900,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                       33,965,600,000 33,226,000,000 32,300,100,000 34,321,000,000 31,812,600,000 
        goodwill and other intangibles – net
                                                        4,508,500,000 4,618,600,000 5,031,100,000 5,142,800,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-09-30 
                                                                
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                
          net income
        7,396,000,000 6,637,700,000 5,582,500,000 5,660,500,000 2,759,300,000 4,409,800,000 970,300,000 2,967,000,000 2,242,900,000 2,189,700,000 -57,400,000 1,763,200,000 1,344,900,000 1,937,700,000 1,451,700,000 952,500,000 1,902,900,000 1,726,100,000 1,110,100,000 1,390,200,000 1,355,300,000 2,116,800,000 1,208,400,000 1,412,000,000 1,456,500,000 1,495,700,000 1,253,900,000 1,327,200,000 4,241,600,000 1,125,000,000 1,149,500,000 -259,900,000 1,217,400,000 -1,656,900,000 555,600,000 1,008,000,000 -110,800,000 771,800,000 778,000,000 747,700,000 440,100,000 478,400,000 799,700,000 600,800,000 529,500,000 428,500,000 500,600,000 733,500,000 727,900,000 1,203,100,000 1,206,200,000 1,548,000,000 1,326,600,000 923,600,000 1,011,100,000 1,236,300,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                
          depreciation and amortization
        509,000,000 585,700,000 470,000,000 478,500,000 462,800,000 484,800,000 466,800,000 414,400,000 400,600,000 387,700,000 411,000,000 366,300,000 362,300,000 375,000,000 362,900,000 348,900,000 435,700,000 445,700,000 382,300,000 369,300,000 350,300,000 367,500,000 358,400,000 324,400,000 273,600,000 340,700,000 288,000,000 247,400,000 356,500,000 345,500,000 415,500,000 425,200,000 422,800,000 411,900,000 372,900,000 395,600,000 386,900,000 344,600,000 392,800,000 373,700,000 385,500,000 343,400,000 358,300,000 368,500,000 357,500,000 339,400,000 342,400,000 348,400,000 348,800,000 349,000,000 363,900,000 381,500,000 369,700,000 362,000,000 385,900,000 358,200,000 
          change in deferred income taxes
        -1,478,000,000 -748,100,000 501,400,000 -1,068,700,000 -391,600,000 -966,700,000 -429,800,000 -1,007,600,000 -279,000,000 -506,200,000 -844,300,000 -431,100,000 -559,400,000 10,400,000 -1,070,600,000 -618,400,000 -506,600,000 -92,500,000 -296,000,000 -294,700,000 -119,100,000 -200,700,000 159,700,000 -104,700,000 11,200,000 85,800,000 -12,100,000 61,100,000 -72,400,000 165,200,000 26,800,000 157,500,000 -22,700,000 -939,600,000 -143,400,000 166,300,000 128,800,000 88,700,000 182,200,000 138,000,000 30,600,000 -77,400,000 -4,500,000 -559,400,000 -107,100,000 -221,500,000 63,900,000 27,700,000 93,500,000 608,700,000 249,900,000 -51,000,000 55,500,000 18,600,000 132,100,000 207,500,000 
          stock-based compensation expense
        161,000,000 136,100,000 151,100,000 185,100,000 153,700,000 141,900,000 133,200,000 211,100,000 159,400,000 120,200,000 215,600,000 161,500,000 131,200,000 92,900,000 85,100,000 92,100,000 101,000,000 75,300,000 90,100,000 91,900,000 85,500,000 87,800,000 71,700,000 76,800,000 71,800,000 81,600,000 75,500,000 79,500,000 75,800,000 72,800,000 68,500,000 70,200,000 68,000,000 72,200,000 69,900,000 69,900,000 69,300,000 66,800,000 61,500,000 65,000,000 62,000,000 58,400,000 54,700,000 55,800,000 48,900,000 40,600,000 38,500,000 38,600,000 38,300,000 36,300,000 33,600,000 35,200,000 34,500,000 37,600,000 28,200,000 36,500,000 
          acquired in-process research and development
        584,000,000 528,800,000 655,700,000 153,800,000 1,571,700,000 189,200,000 2,826,400,000 154,300,000 110,500,000 622,600,000 2,975,100,000 97,100,000 105,000,000 168,900,000 19,000,000 80,000,000 153,000,000 376,600,000 174,000,000 25,000,000 299,300,000 366,300,000 241,800,000 52,300,000 77,700,000 25,000,000 136,900,000 329,400,000 30,000,000   50,000,000 205,000,000 857,600,000     199,000,000 80,000,000 256,000,000            
          other changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures
        -1,664,000,000    -3,364,200,000  -9,800,000 -1,399,100,000 -1,751,200,000  793,300,000 -840,200,000 164,100,000  939,100,000 -72,100,000 -45,500,000  -666,500,000 221,200,000 -102,800,000  249,400,000 926,500,000 -1,408,100,000  -247,300,000 -802,100,000 -714,300,000          184,100,000 29,600,000 -1,429,500,000  26,200,000 227,400,000 -913,700,000  473,000,000 -80,000,000 -941,300,000 -226,800,000 -223,400,000 -1,048,100,000     
          other operating activities
        -175,000,000 -61,500,000 302,300,000 54,400,000 324,800,000 542,800,000 -32,100,000 -31,900,000 298,600,000 192,300,000 485,600,000 -550,700,000 168,300,000                                  30,000,000 67,700,000 5,100,000 21,300,000 7,000,000 9,200,000 41,500,000 25,300,000 -6,100,000 -82,200,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        5,333,000,000 3,224,600,000 8,835,900,000 3,086,900,000 1,665,600,000 2,473,800,000 3,711,900,000 1,466,200,000 1,166,000,000 -311,900,000 2,189,500,000 631,900,000 1,730,600,000 1,579,700,000 2,184,800,000 820,700,000 2,499,200,000 2,156,500,000 1,631,300,000 1,775,500,000 1,697,400,000 1,815,200,000 1,806,600,000 2,495,400,000 382,400,000 1,963,700,000 1,510,100,000 1,051,500,000 311,300,000 1,448,700,000 2,121,800,000 1,517,500,000 436,500,000 1,743,500,000 1,881,100,000 1,651,100,000 339,900,000 2,116,900,000 1,659,200,000 1,401,800,000 -326,900,000 804,300,000 1,104,700,000 948,600,000 -84,800,000 1,349,600,000 1,691,300,000 1,053,900,000 272,300,000 1,991,600,000 1,637,200,000 379,400,000 1,544,300,000 1,306,000,000 852,500,000 2,073,400,000 
          capital expenditures
        -2,326,000,000 -2,546,700,000 -2,087,700,000 -1,697,100,000 -1,509,500,000 -1,496,000,000 -1,350,700,000 -1,224,800,000 -986,300,000 -1,070,600,000 -970,300,000 -738,200,000 -668,500,000 -617,200,000 -371,000,000 -365,400,000 -336,800,000 -381,300,000 -300,300,000 -393,100,000 -281,800,000 -258,300,000 -263,400,000 -240,300,000 -203,700,000 -269,800,000 -310,000,000 -236,500,000 -242,700,000 -221,600,000 -169,000,000 -227,500,000 -245,400,000 -154,300,000 -273,500,000 -223,900,000 -188,600,000 -296,900,000 -254,900,000 -202,000,000 -253,800,000 -136,400,000 -157,900,000 -182,000,000 -179,500,000 -130,700,000 -175,700,000 
          free cash flows
        3,007,000,000 677,900,000 6,748,200,000 1,389,800,000 156,100,000 977,800,000 2,361,200,000 241,400,000 179,700,000 -1,382,500,000 1,219,200,000 -106,300,000 1,062,100,000 1,579,700,000 1,567,600,000 449,700,000 2,133,800,000 2,156,500,000 1,294,500,000 1,394,200,000 1,397,100,000 1,815,200,000 1,413,500,000 2,213,600,000 124,100,000 1,963,700,000 1,246,700,000 811,200,000 107,600,000 1,448,700,000 1,852,000,000 1,207,500,000 200,000,000 1,743,500,000 1,638,400,000 1,429,500,000 170,900,000 2,116,900,000 1,431,700,000 1,156,400,000 -481,200,000 804,300,000 831,200,000 724,700,000 -273,400,000 1,349,600,000 1,394,400,000 799,000,000 70,300,000 1,737,800,000 1,500,800,000 221,500,000 1,362,300,000 1,126,500,000 721,800,000 1,897,700,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                
          purchases of property and equipment
        -2,326,000,000 -2,546,700,000 -2,087,700,000 -1,697,100,000 -1,509,500,000 -1,496,000,000 -1,350,700,000 -1,224,800,000 -986,300,000 -1,070,600,000 -970,300,000 -738,200,000 -668,500,000                                            
          purchases of noncurrent investments
        -297,000,000 -127,000,000 -150,100,000 -171,200,000 -196,700,000 -152,200,000 -275,000,000 -133,000,000 -117,100,000 -256,000,000 -131,400,000 -197,400,000 -146,000,000 -126,100,000 -222,700,000 -134,700,000 -116,700,000 -219,800,000 -207,000,000 -211,600,000 -291,500,000 -135,000,000 -68,900,000 -71,800,000 -83,000,000 -50,800,000 -50,100,000 -86,000,000 -60,600,000 -118,200,000 -43,200,000 -114,900,000 -561,600,000 -872,000,000 -1,380,800,000 -1,412,900,000 -945,900,000 -705,300,000 -1,371,500,000 -1,552,500,000 -716,700,000 -553,100,000 -840,600,000 -908,400,000 -924,400,000 -1,166,000,000 -3,042,000,000 -2,824,500,000 -2,770,200,000 -3,763,400,000 -4,614,700,000 -1,861,400,000 -2,030,200,000 -1,320,500,000 -2,156,100,000 -1,023,200,000 
          purchases of in-process research and development
        -204,000,000 -423,700,000 -720,500,000 -106,800,000 -1,757,000,000 -251,200,000 -2,820,100,000 -178,000,000 -96,500,000 -580,500,000 -3,030,900,000 -98,100,000 -235,000,000 -54,900,000 -3,000,000 -80,000,000 -491,800,000 -102,800,000 -118,800,000 -150,000,000 -191,800,000 -364,800,000 -22,000,000 -241,400,000 -13,000,000                               
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        -1,058,000,000 -111,600,000              -747,400,000 -849,300,000 -6,917,700,000     -882,100,000   4,700,000 -11,100,000 -5,276,700,000      -3,900,000 -195,400,000  
          other investing activities
        -31,000,000 56,800,000 -31,000,000 -64,100,000 39,300,000 -158,800,000 -169,800,000 95,600,000 -65,200,000 -22,800,000 -666,200,000 456,800,000 40,300,000 61,900,000 -157,000,000 22,100,000 -133,400,000 27,000,000 -53,200,000 72,400,000 -21,900,000 86,500,000 12,200,000 -47,300,000 51,400,000 232,000,000 -141,500,000 46,400,000 -385,600,000 -2,500,000 -143,500,000 -24,100,000 -21,200,000 -37,800,000 -61,100,000 -109,100,000 -7,800,000 -55,000,000 -43,300,000 4,700,000 -36,500,000 -30,900,000 -41,000,000 -59,000,000 -2,700,000 25,900,000 -18,900,000 -19,600,000 -11,900,000 -35,800,000 -37,300,000 -18,400,000 49,700,000 -60,600,000 -50,900,000 -1,900,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -3,916,000,000 -2,802,200,000 -2,982,600,000 -1,834,900,000 -3,352,300,000 -1,920,500,000 -4,004,700,000 -2,198,700,000 -1,177,600,000 -2,924,300,000 -3,080,500,000 -459,100,000 -688,800,000 -860,500,000 -923,400,000 -463,900,000 -1,013,800,000 -379,000,000 -616,500,000 -483,300,000 -1,283,500,000 -674,100,000 -313,500,000 -210,400,000 -1,060,900,000 -41,400,000 -423,800,000 61,000,000 -7,678,700,000 -659,000,000 -398,100,000 3,133,400,000 -170,300,000 1,652,900,000 -1,758,000,000 -2,248,900,000 -1,429,600,000 -1,178,100,000 -794,700,000 -1,020,900,000 -145,400,000 253,700,000 -570,100,000 182,400,000 160,800,000 -2,178,900,000 -1,649,700,000 -468,900,000 388,400,000 -943,800,000 -1,251,700,000 1,355,100,000 -132,700,000 -385,300,000 -652,300,000 -1,008,300,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                
          dividends paid
        -1,548,000,000 -1,345,500,000 -1,345,200,000 -1,347,000,000 -1,346,300,000 -1,168,300,000 -1,170,500,000 -1,172,400,000 -1,169,200,000 -1,018,100,000 -1,016,200,000 -1,017,800,000 -1,017,200,000 -884,400,000 -882,200,000 -883,700,000 -885,500,000 -773,300,000 -770,400,000 -768,300,000 -774,800,000 -670,000,000 -671,600,000 -674,200,000 -671,300,000 -587,200,000 -587,400,000 -598,000,000 -637,200,000 -572,600,000 -572,600,000 -579,300,000 -587,300,000 -548,300,000 -547,700,000 -548,700,000 -547,400,000 -541,100,000 -537,900,000 -541,200,000 -538,300,000 -533,300,000 -526,300,000 -539,800,000 -527,900,000 -525,200,000 -525,000,000 -526,900,000 -524,100,000 -527,700,000 -533,000,000 -531,100,000 -544,200,000 -550,400,000 -544,600,000 -540,900,000 
          net change in short-term borrowings
        1,775,000,000 -400,000 -4,091,700,000 1,602,800,000 -1,848,700,000 3,042,300,000 -3,089,400,000 3,400,100,000 -5,204,800,000 4,594,400,000 1,595,000,000 -1,498,000,000 -243,300,000 -375,900,000 1,617,500,000 499,700,000 -2,500,000 -197,800,000 200,000,000 -3,700,000 -579,900,000 -678,900,000 -1,984,100,000 1,748,700,000 -63,500,000 -505,400,000 -286,100,000 1,850,400,000 99,200,000 -2,048,400,000 953,800,000 -1,202,500,000 170,700,000 1,101,100,000 -371,800,000 497,500,000 1,294,900,000 -300,000              -500,000 -2,300,000 -12,400,000 99,900,000 
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
         -200,000 6,706,200,000 6,461,000,000 4,964,600,000 6,452,500,000 3,958,500,000        1,073,700,000   2,108,100,000 4,448,300,000        100,000 2,272,600,000 2,182,000,000 992,900,000        
          repayments of long-term debt
        -750,000,000 100,000         -849,900,000 -710,100,000 -100,000    -200,000 -276,300,000 -2,266,100,000 -100,000 -200,000 -600,000,000 -7,600,000 -201,200,000 -800,300,000 -100,000 -300,000 -630,200,000                    
          purchases of common stock
        -2,356,000,000 -1,507,700,000 -708,100,000 -692,200,000 -1,200,000,000 -2,053,900,000    -750,000,000 -1,500,000,000 -750,000,000   -500,000,000 -300,000,000 -600,000,000 -3,500,000,000 -1,100,000,000 -1,000,000,000 -950,700,000 -1,100,000,000 -99,900,000   -300,000,000 -300,100,000 -252,900,000 -61,100,000 -124,900,000 -310,600,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -145,000,000 -55,000,000 -1,198,100,000     
          other financing activities
        -591,000,000 -25,100,000 -30,200,000 -30,400,000 -686,300,000 -45,500,000 -47,300,000 -8,000,000 -389,800,000 -31,600,000 -6,800,000 -15,600,000 -281,000,000 -13,700,000 -5,200,000 -7,600,000 -282,400,000 -600,000 -500,000 -14,900,000 -279,900,000 -41,400,000 -2,300,000 -3,500,000 -194,400,000 -4,900,000 -1,500,000 -193,700,000 -58,700,000 -83,700,000 -54,000,000 -176,400,000 -64,800,000 -52,600,000 -51,400,000 -195,600,000 -179,000,000 -59,300,000 -85,600,000 23,100,000 111,500,000 -5,000,000 -12,700,000 45,400,000 78,400,000 117,000,000 -1,100,000 -6,900,000       100,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -3,470,000,000 -2,878,800,000 531,000,000 -1,244,900,000 1,379,700,000 -225,400,000 211,300,000 1,555,500,000 -311,300,000 3,544,700,000 572,000,000 -1,033,400,000 412,300,000 -1,141,400,000 -1,263,300,000 -123,700,000 -2,878,300,000 -1,526,500,000 -463,200,000 -1,083,200,000 -1,058,400,000 -1,291,500,000 -279,100,000 -1,673,200,000 106,700,000 -1,113,600,000 -1,692,900,000 -885,800,000 1,367,800,000 -1,639,700,000 432,700,000 -831,400,000 -3,866,500,000 -542,300,000 500,700,000 1,059,900,000 -875,700,000 274,800,000 -597,600,000 579,400,000 -816,400,000 -679,600,000 -595,200,000 -943,200,000 -701,200,000 1,628,400,000 -405,900,000 -702,500,000 -595,100,000 -529,000,000 -533,800,000 -1,730,100,000 -544,700,000 -552,700,000 -2,057,000,000 -440,900,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        67,000,000 -67,100,000 31,700,000 275,500,000 131,900,000 -428,500,000 226,900,000 -59,600,000 -35,500,000 129,300,000 5,300,000 9,200,000 24,800,000 -128,200,000 -3,600,000 -69,400,000 33,600,000 -220,700,000 16,600,000 8,600,000 -10,200,000 212,200,000 16,200,000 54,300,000 -66,700,000 -35,000,000 -119,800,000 27,100,000 37,800,000 -111,800,000 -13,700,000 -86,500,000 148,400,000 -42,200,000 30,600,000 -9,100,000 200,000 -120,500,000 -15,900,000 -29,900,000 -70,100,000 49,200,000 -16,100,000 62,900,000 -181,600,000 -93,300,000 -235,600,000 -4,800,000 -7,800,000 63,600,000 -1,800,000 -86,600,000 106,500,000 -144,400,000 56,500,000 -140,000,000 
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
        -1,986,000,000    -175,100,000          -5,500,000 163,700,000 -1,359,300,000    -654,700,000    -638,500,000    -5,961,800,000    -3,451,900,000  654,400,000 453,000,000 -1,965,200,000  251,000,000 930,400,000 -1,358,800,000  -76,700,000        -150,100,000 -82,200,000     
          cash and cash equivalents at january 1
        7,268,000,000  3,268,400,000  2,818,600,000  2,067,000,000  3,818,500,000  3,657,100,000  2,337,500,000  7,998,200,000  6,536,200,000  4,582,100,000  3,666,400,000  3,871,600,000  3,830,200,000 4,018,800,000 5,922,500,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at march 31
        5,282,000,000    3,093,300,000    2,460,200,000    3,545,900,000    2,459,200,000    3,002,400,000    1,699,000,000    2,036,400,000    3,084,300,000    2,616,900,000    2,307,600,000    3,064,800,000    3,888,000,000   3,936,600,000   4,122,200,000  
          gains on sale of product rights
             -123,100,000    -25,000,000                                               
          other changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                
          receivables—decrease
                                                                
          inventories—decrease
                                                                
          prepaid expenses and other assets—decrease
                                                                
          accounts payable and other liabilities—increase
                                                                
          proceeds from sales of and distributions from noncurrent investments
         132,000,000 556,100,000 204,300,000 71,600,000 55,600,000 67,900,000 179,600,000 70,500,000 31,900,000 87,800,000 106,500,000 281,900,000                                            
          proceeds from sale of product rights
             70,400,000                                   410,000,000            
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
         -2,523,500,000 6,416,000,000   -100,600,000 145,400,000 763,400,000 -358,400,000 437,800,000 -313,700,000 -851,400,000 1,478,900,000     30,300,000 568,200,000   61,800,000 1,230,200,000   773,700,000 -726,400,000   -961,800,000 2,142,700,000              -806,800,000 705,800,000   57,800,000    973,400,000 223,600,000 -1,800,300,000 484,200,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                
          other changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
          1,208,200,000                            293,900,000 -662,100,000 -1,270,000,000  593,300,000 -123,500,000 -995,000,000                    
          cash and cash equivalents at september 30
                                                                
          net investment losses
           -113,800,000 149,100,000  -112,400,000 158,000,000 -15,800,000 -121,000,000 64,500,000 65,800,000 14,200,000 -256,400,000 130,800,000 119,500,000 426,100,000                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at june 30
                                                                
          investment losses
                                                                
          proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments
             41,600,000 31,900,000 34,000,000 41,400,000 37,000,000 45,600,000 48,100,000 61,500,000 38,300,000 25,500,000 30,900,000 26,700,000 800,000 25,300,000 17,300,000 4,000,000 10,900,000 7,600,000 74,400,000 36,800,000 20,300,000 26,900,000 53,500,000 35,900,000 17,000,000 38,800,000 2,046,000,000 450,700,000 2,532,300,000 642,600,000 509,200,000 1,168,400,000 396,100,000 320,500,000 403,800,000 521,600,000 576,000,000 300,500,000 778,100,000 507,200,000 1,392,500,000 771,900,000 722,800,000 1,166,900,000 396,200,000 374,400,000 1,607,500,000     
          purchases of short-term investments
             -29,900,000 -19,800,000 -24,400,000 -24,400,000 -19,000,000 -19,400,000 -36,800,000 -23,000,000 -42,400,000 -32,100,000 -18,300,000 -14,600,000 -55,600,000 -1,300,000 -7,200,000 -19,400,000    -8,600,000 -400,000 -33,700,000 -112,200,000 -415,900,000 -1,090,300,000 -1,594,100,000 -289,400,000 -901,700,000 -160,400,000 -166,900,000 -98,400,000 -78,000,000 -175,700,000 -422,700,000 -165,800,000 -236,000,000 -597,300,000 -401,700,000 -402,800,000 -263,000,000 -202,500,000 -313,100,000     
          debt extinguishment loss
                                                              
          other assets—decrease
                                                                
          other non-cash operating activities
                     87,200,000 266,800,000 -81,800,000 32,600,000 6,700,000 185,100,000 188,500,000 131,100,000 121,700,000 -96,500,000 383,600,000 -74,900,000 193,200,000 74,400,000 113,400,000 -32,300,000 151,300,000 137,600,000 162,100,000 21,000,000 75,800,000 227,800,000 134,800,000 3,100,000 83,300,000 60,600,000 51,200,000 184,400,000 227,100,000 -129,700,000 -11,400,000 -49,600,000            
          income taxes payable—increase
                                                                
          proceeds from sales of noncurrent investments
                     90,600,000 83,100,000 87,100,000 81,400,000 262,800,000 75,300,000 177,100,000 284,800,000 183,000,000 162,100,000 357,500,000 54,500,000 111,400,000 82,000,000 332,800,000 83,600,000 64,800,000 49,600,000 3,084,600,000 310,500,000 899,100,000 579,300,000 579,600,000 528,000,000 479,200,000 687,500,000 580,400,000 338,900,000 796,600,000 521,300,000 1,154,300,000 596,200,000 3,653,900,000 1,815,400,000          
          net purchases of property and equipment
                      -617,200,000 -371,000,000 -365,400,000  -336,800,000 -381,300,000 -300,300,000  -393,100,000 -281,800,000 -258,300,000  -263,400,000 -240,300,000 -203,700,000  -269,800,000 -310,000,000 -236,500,000  -242,700,000 -221,600,000 -169,000,000  -227,500,000 -245,400,000 -154,300,000  -273,500,000 -223,900,000 -188,600,000  -296,900,000 -254,900,000 -202,000,000 -253,800,000 -136,400,000 -157,900,000 -182,000,000 -179,500,000 -130,700,000 -175,700,000 
          gain related to disposition of elanco
                                 -3,680,500,000                            
          gain on sale of antibiotic business in china
                                                                
          net investment gains
                         93,100,000 247,000,000 -215,900,000 -302,200,000 -529,000,000 -144,500,000                                  
          cash distributed to elanco upon disposition
                                                                
          cash received for sale of antibiotic business in china
                                                                
          net proceeds from elanco initial public offering
                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net incometo cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                
          purchase of in-process research and development
                                   -45,000,000 -196,900,000  -30,000,000    -205,000,000 -831,800,000      -50,000,000 -136,000,000 -200,000,000           
          proceeds from disposals of property and equipment
                                                                
          disposals of property and equipment
                                                                
          cash released for pending acquisition
                                                                
          net proceeds from (payments for) terminations of interest rate swaps
                                                                
          cash released
                                                                
          purchase of product rights
                                                     -100,000 -236,900,000 -46,300,000 -25,000,000       -172,900,000 
          net payments for terminations of interest rate swaps
                                                               
          restricted cash released for acquisition
                                                  5,405,600,000            
          repayment of long-term debt
                                              -100,000    -1,400,000 -1,947,700,000 -1,500,000  -500,000 -31,800,000 -1,002,000,000 -1,300,000 -800,000 -900,000 -1,500,000,000 
          net change in short term borrowings
                                                -1,100,000  -1,400,000 -590,700,000 -2,088,600,000  302,600,000          
          income related to termination of the exenatide collaboration with amylin pharmaceuticals, inc.
                                                                
          net proceeds (payments) for terminations of interest rate swaps
                                                                
          payments for terminations of interest rate swaps
                                                    -206,300,000            
          adjustments to reconcile net incometo cash flows from operating activities
                                                                
          net realized investment gains
                                                     -41,700,000 -71,400,000          
          impairment charges, indefinite lived intangibles
                                                                
          acquired in-process research and development, net of tax
                                                     68,400,000          
          income related to termination of the exenatide collaboration with amylin
                                                                
          proceeds from terminations of interest rate swaps
                                                     88,200,000           
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                
          receivables—increase
                                                                
          inventories—increase
                                                                
          other assets—increase
                                                                
          cash restricted for pending acquisition
                                                                
          proceeds from prepayment of revenue-sharing obligation
                                                                
          income related to termination of the exenatide collaboration
                                                                
          proceeds from sales and maturities of noncurrent investments
                                                        2,633,400,000 3,019,700,000 3,364,800,000 2,098,400,000 1,106,100,000 1,028,100,000 1,423,200,000 647,200,000 
          net change in loan to collaboration partner
                                                                
          income related to transfer of exenatide rights
                                                          -495,400,000     
          income related to prepayment of revenue-sharing obligation
                                                                
          other changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                            488,300,000 -61,100,000 -698,700,000 166,100,000 
          net change in short-term investments
                                                            -351,400,000 151,100,000 457,600,000 26,000,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at sept 30
                                                                
          loan to collaboration partner
                                                               
          cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                
          net marketing investigation charges paid
                                                                
          cash paid for acquisition