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Model output · Signal date 2026-11-09

Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) Stock Forecast Nov. 9, 2026

Analysis updated on Nov. 9, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · NYSE

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Rank in coverage of 4004 stocks scored
Rank correlation · 90D 37.0% Spearman, 358 dates
Market Cap $12.86B large-cap · #30 of 60 peers
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Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) stock forecast summary

Our AI scores Elanco Animal Health Inc every trading day against every stock it covers. Create a free account and follow it to see its rating and price target.

Elanco Animal Health Inc is a large-cap company with a market capitalization of $12.86B. It ranks number 30 by market capitalization among the 60 Pharmaceutical Preparations issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.

For ELAN, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 37.0%, measured on 358 forecast dates between 2022-08-22 and 2026-08-11 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 24.0%, measured on 401 forecast dates between 2022-08-22 and 2026-10-09. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4629 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-04 produced a positive net return in 92.9% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +3.1%, buy ≥ +1.6%, sell < -0.3%, strong sell < -1.7% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-11-09 signals)

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Cross-section · 2026-11-09

How ELAN ranks among 4004 stocks

90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).

Fundamentals · 2026-09-30

Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) fundamentals

Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Pharmaceutical Preparations peers listed below that report each metric.

Valuation & Market

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
Market Cap $12.86B $12.65B 30/60
P/B Ratio 1.94x 7.50x 40/42
EPS $-0.36 – –
Book Value/Share $13.27 – –
Revenue/Share $10.30 – –
FCF/Share $0.82 – –

Profitability & Margins

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
ROE -2.2% 5.4% 24/38
ROA -1.1% 1.9% 25/42
Gross Margin 56.2% 82.1% 32/36
Net Margin -2.9% 6.3% 23/35
EBT Margin -1.8% 9.9% 30/46
Tax Rate -59.8% – –

The effective tax rate is outside the normal band, which points to a large non-recurring tax item in the trailing twelve months; headline net income, net margin and P/E are affected by it.

Financial Health

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
Current Ratio 2.09x 2.46x 35/58
Quick Ratio 1.07x 1.64x 31/43
D/E Ratio 1.01x 1.22x 27/47
Financial Leverage 2.01x 2.12x 25/47
Working Capital $1.94B $911M 19/58

Cash Flow

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
Operating Cash Flow $614M $199M 26/59
Free Cash Flow $408M $196M 22/50
Capital Spending -$206M -$52M 32/50
OCF Growth YoY -2.4% 3.7% 19/34
FCF Growth YoY 10.9% 0.0% 12/32
FCF/Sales 7.9% 16.9% 27/42
CapEx/Sales 4.0% 2.6% 16/42

Operational Efficiency

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
Asset Turnover 0.39x 0.49x 28/39
Receivables Turnover 5.2x 5.3x 20/36
Inventory Turnover 1.2x 1.7x 21/35
Fixed Assets Turnover 3.6x 8.1x 30/41
Days Sales Outstanding 70 days 69 days 17/36
Days Inventory 294 days 216 days 15/35
Payables Period 67 days 124 days 19/24
Cash Conversion Cycle 297 days 197 days 8/22

Income Statement

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
Total Revenue $5.15B $2.87B 18/46
Net Income -$147M $81M 30/46
R&D Expense $381M $603M 36/58
SG&A Expense $1.56B $1.49B 19/40
Cost of Goods Sold $2.26B $1.87B 17/37

Dividend & Shareholder Information

MetricELANIndustry medianRank
Shares Outstanding 500M – –
Net Income Growth -508.3% 5.9% 23/23

Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)

Total Current Assets$3.73B27.9% of assets
Cash & Short-term Investments$465M3.5% of assets
Accounts Receivable$992M7.4% of assets
Inventory$1.82B13.6% of assets
Total Liabilities$6.71B50.3% of assets
Short-term Debt$1.37B10.3% of assets
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Industry Peers · Pharmaceutical Preparations

Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) industry peers

Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Elanco Animal Health Inc (Pharmaceutical Preparations): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.

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Company 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio
ELAN Elanco Animal Health Inc $12.86B – 1.9x
LLY Eli Lilly & Co $1.27T 44.0x 129.6x
JNJ Johnson & Johnson $664.95B 42.0x 8.2x
ABBV Abbvie Inc. $514.78B 44.6x –
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $362.01B 151.3x 8.1x
NVS Novartis Ag $310.17B 9.8x –
AZN Astrazeneca Plc $288.97B 13.5x –
ABT Abbott Laboratories $191.15B 38.8x 3.8x
NVO Novo Nordisk A S $179.14B 3.0x –
PFE Pfizer Inc $167.51B 37.2x 1.9x
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma $138.67B 35.2x 6.6x
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co $127.02B 13.8x 5.4x
SNY Sanofi $115.97B – –
GSK Gsk Plc $101.54B 5.6x –
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $93.11B 20.0x 2.8x
TAK Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd $65.66B 6.3x –
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd $49.65B 41.0x 6.2x
ONC Beone Medicines Ltd. $46.26B 1130.5x 8.0x
GMAB Genmab A/S $34.50B 2.2x –
ZTS Zoetis Inc. $32.81B 13.5x 9.9x
RPRX Royalty Pharma Plc $28.82B 47.1x 4.2x
ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. $28.08B – 6.6x
INSM Insmed Inc $25.10B – 34.6x
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp $24.11B 21.2x 3.8x
VTRS Viatris Inc $22.87B – –
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.89B 7.3x 5.8x
ASND Ascendis Pharma A/S $16.86B – –
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc $15.24B 77.5x 3.6x
BBIO Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. $14.47B – –
SMMT Summit Therapeutics Inc. $13.03B – 23.1x
RDY Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd $12.44B 16.4x –
BMRN Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc $10.85B 560.3x 1.7x
TGTX Tg Therapeutics, Inc. $9.49B 22.6x 15.7x
MDGL Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $9.23B – 14.7x
SYRE Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. $9.16B – 8.7x
PTGX Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc $8.54B 33.6x 7.9x
ARWR Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $8.22B – 17.7x
CORT Corcept Therapeutics Inc $7.87B 43.6x 9.4x
PRAX Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. $7.75B – 5.8x
RYTM Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $7.73B – 87.9x
ALKS Alkermes Plc. $7.70B 44.6x 4.1x
ABVX Abivax S.A. $7.50B – –
CYTK Cytokinetics Inc $7.46B – –
KNSA Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, Plc $7.37B 86.9x 10.4x
AXSM Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $6.93B – 65.8x
ORKA Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. $6.81B – 6.1x
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc $6.55B – 14.9x
AMRX Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $6.43B 61.0x –
LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc $6.12B 116.9x 6.4x
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $6.09B – –
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc $6.07B – 7.9x
MANE Veradermics, Inc $5.80B – 7.1x
SUPN Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $5.56B – 5.2x
COGT Cogent Biosciences, Inc. $5.49B – 10.6x
PTCT Ptc Therapeutics, Inc. $5.47B – –
ERAS Erasca, Inc. $5.04B – 13.9x
EWTX Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. $4.89B 5.4x 3.0x
DNTH Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /De/ $4.81B – 3.9x
TVTX Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $4.44B – 196.6x
LEGN Legend Biotech Corp $4.33B – –

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What is the Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) stock forecast?

Our AI scores Elanco Animal Health Inc every trading day against every stock it covers. Create a free account and follow it to see its rating and price target.

How accurate are Elanco Animal Health Inc stock predictions?

For ELAN, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 37.0%, measured on 358 forecast dates between 2022-08-22 and 2026-08-11 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 24.0%, measured on 401 forecast dates between 2022-08-22 and 2026-10-09. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4629 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-04 produced a positive net return in 92.9% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

How often are Elanco Animal Health Inc forecasts updated?

Elanco Animal Health Inc forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Nov. 9, 2026.

Which companies are Elanco Animal Health Inc's industry peers?

60 issuers in our coverage, ELAN included, share the SEC industry code Pharmaceutical Preparations. The largest are: Eli Lilly & Co (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Abbvie Inc. (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Novartis Ag (NVS), Astrazeneca Plc (AZN).

This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.