Although Mounjaro and Zepbound have been headlining Lilly’s financial reports in recent years, the company’s roster of non-incretin products, which grew sales 20% in the fourth quarter, should “help anchor top-line growth,” too, the Citi analysts wrote in their note.

The world’s biggest drugmaker Eli Lilly has forecast that profits for the year will beat expectations, after two choppy quarters when disappointing sales of its blockbuster weight-loss drugs led to sharp sell-offs in its shares.

Eli Lilly & Co. said its Type-2 Diabetes drug Mounjaro and weight-loss/diabetes medicine Zepbound drove a 45% increase in fourth-quarter revenue to $13.53 billion. The drugmaker’s stock rose 1.7% in premarket trading after it said it expects to generate an adjusted 2025 profit of $22.

Eli Lilly, the world’s biggest drugmaker by market value, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and issued a bullish earnings forecast. Sales of weight-loss drug Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro rose in the fourth quarter.