Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY), a leading pharmaceutical giant with a market capitalization of $724 billion, has been making waves in the healthcare sector with its groundbreaking treatments for diabetes and obesity.

Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) stock was the picture of health on Friday. Shares of the massive American pharmaceutical company rose by more than 2% on the day, thanks largely to news from a rival. Eli Lilly's small pop was due to the latest developments in the lab reported by Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO),

Since the start of 2020, Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) stock price chart has been straight up and to the right, up 472.57% and currently trading at $756.99. The company has been around since 1876 and the stock didn’t go public until 1952 but in the last 4 years,

The technical picture worsened for Eli Lilly stock in December as it completed a pattern known as a “Death Cross”. This pattern is drawn when a stock’s 50-day moving average breaks below its 200-day moving average. A Death Cross typically forecasts another 4-6 months of selling pressure for a stock.

When investors are paying such high price tags for a stock, expectations are high, and any kind of miss can result in a steep correction. Lilly is by no means in bad shape, but because the stock's price has become so inflated in recent years, so have expectations.

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY), a leading global pharmaceutical firm, finds itself at a pivotal juncture as it navigates a landscape of robust demand for its groundbreaking diabetes and obesity treatments,