Eli Lilly ( LLY -0.44%) may seem like an expensive stock to invest in right now. It's trading at close to 90 times its trailing earnings. Its $720 billion market capitalization also means it's the most valuable healthcare stock in the world.

We recently published a list of 10 Best Safe Stocks To Buy According to Analysts. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) stands against other best safe stocks to buy according to analysts.

Since the start of 2020, Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) stock price chart has been straight up and to the right, up 504.34% and currently trading at $799.00. The company has been around since 1876 and the stock didn’t go public until 1952 but in the last 4 years,

Eli Lilly just shared some new information. That data suggests it has an advantage against Novo Nordisk in a key market. It'll take a while for the economic implications of the data to play out. One of the most important questions about the competitive prospects of Lilly against Novo Nordisk in the market for anti-obesity medicines is,