How to buy Elanco Animal Health stock (ELAN)

Elanco Animal Health is a drug manufacturers - specialty & generic business based in the US. Elanco Animal Health shares (ELAN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $11.73 – a decrease of 6.83% over the previous week. Elanco Animal Health employs 9,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.5 billion.

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Elanco Animal Health stock price (NYSE: ELAN)

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Elanco Animal Health shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-11.

Latest market close	$11.73
52-week range	$11.40 - $18.80
50-day moving average more info button	$13.38
200-day moving average more info button	$14.68
Wall St. target price	$17.50
PE ratio more info button	30.561
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.41

Is it a good time to buy Elanco Animal Health stock?

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Elanco Animal Health price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.31 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-12)	-2.22%
1 month (2024-11-19)	-7.51%
3 months (2024-09-19)	-18.31%
6 months (2024-06-18)	-32.21%

1 year (2023-12-19)	-13.86%
2 years (2022-12-19)	3.88%
3 years (2021-12-17)	28.27
5 years (2019-12-19)	28.95

Is Elanco Animal Health stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Elanco Animal Health stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Elanco Animal Health's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Elanco Animal Health's P/E ratio

Elanco Animal Health's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 31x. In other words, Elanco Animal Health shares trade at around 31x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Elanco Animal Health's PEG ratio

Elanco Animal Health's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8448. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Elanco Animal Health's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Elanco Animal Health's EBITDA

Elanco Animal Health's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $875 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Elanco Animal Health's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Elanco Animal Health financials

Revenue TTM	$4.5 billion
Gross profit TTM	$2.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	1.18%
Return on equity TTM	3.24%
Profit margin	4.6%
Book value	$13.20
Market Capitalization more info button	$6.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Elanco Animal Health share dividends

We're not expecting Elanco Animal Health to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Elanco Animal Health share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Elanco Animal Health's shares have ranged in value from as little as $11.4 up to $18.8. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Elanco Animal Health's is 1.417. This would suggest that Elanco Animal Health's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Elanco Animal Health overview

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, an animal health company, innovates, develops, manufactures, and markets products for pets and farm animals. It offers pet health disease prevention products, such as parasiticide and vaccine products that protect pets from worms, fleas, and ticks under the Seresto, Advantage, Advantix, and Advocate brands; pet health therapeutics for pain, osteoarthritis, ear infections, cardiovascular, and dermatology indications in canines and felines under the Galliprant and Claro brands; vaccines, antibiotics, parasiticides, and other products for use in poultry and aquaculture production, as well as nutritional health products, including enzymes, probiotics, and prebiotics; and a range of vaccines, antibiotics, implants, parasiticides, and other products used in ruminant and swine production under the Rumensin and Baytril brands. The company sells its products to third-party distributors; veterinarians; and farm animal producers, including beef and dairy farmers, as well as pork, poultry, and aquaculture operations. Elanco Animal Health Incorporated was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Greenfield, Indiana. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Elanco Animal Health is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.705% of Elanco Animal Health shares are held by insiders and 98.948% by institutions. How many people work for Elanco Animal Health?
Latest data suggests 9,300 work at Elanco Animal Health. When does the fiscal year end for Elanco Animal Health?
Elanco Animal Health's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Elanco Animal Health based?
Elanco Animal Health's address is: 2500 Innovation Way, Greenfield, IN, United States, 46140 What is Elanco Animal Health's ISIN number?
Elanco Animal Health's international securities identification number is: US28414H1032 What is Elanco Animal Health's CUSIP number?
Elanco Animal Health's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 28414H103