Big Pharma Stock Unappreciated by Analysts Is a Top Performer

  • Eli Lilly shares have gained 149 percent since September 2010
  • Less than half of analysts rated stock "buy" over last decade
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Eli Lilly & Co. has been one of the drug industry’s least-loved stocks by industry analysts. That was the wrong call.

Lilly’s shares have been on a five-year rally, helped by the company’s growing portfolio of diabetes medications and bets on cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.