Popular obesity stocks fell on Tuesday after pharma giant Eli Lilly LLY lowered its sales guidance for full-year 2024 and announced disappointing preliminary fourth-quarter sales numbers. LLY’s Revised ’24 Sales View Below Expectations Eli Lilly anticipates fourth-quarter revenues to reach approximately $13.

Shares of Eli Lilly were taking a 6.9% hit toward a two-month low in recent trading, enough to make them the S&P 500's biggest decliner. The problem is that the drug giant provided fourth-quarter revenue guidance that was below Wall Street expectations,

Eli Lilly shares fell after the drugmaker warned that sales of its hot diabetes and anti-obesity drugs are growing more slowly than expected. Lilly now expects fourth-quarter sales of $3.5 billion for diabetes drug Mounjaro and $1.