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Eli Lilly Wants In On Oura's IPO, Filings Show Profit

Eli Lilly indicated interest in buying up to $100 million of Oura's IPO shares, and updated filings show the smart-ring maker is actually profitable, with $60.8 million in net income over nine months.

By the Numbers

$60.8M
Net income (9mo)
$240.5M, +121%
Subscription revenue
55%
Gross margin
Up to $100M
Eli Lilly interest
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By the IPO Desk
Edited by Trace Cohen · Early-stage VC & angel · Founder, New York Venture Partners
2 min read
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THE RUNDOWN

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Pulse previously covered Oura's $40-$44 price range and $1.21B in nine-month revenue; this update adds a detail that changes the read entirely -- Oura is profitable, with $60.8M in net income over that same period.

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Eli Lilly's disclosed interest in buying up to $100M of shares is a strategic pharma signal, not just a financial one -- Lilly already partners with Oura on biometric tracking, and a share purchase deepens that relationship at IPO.

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121% year-over-year subscription revenue growth to $240.5M, with gross margin lifting to 55%, gives Oura a growth-plus-margin story that most of this fall's IPO cohort, still burning cash, cannot match.

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A Mergermarket equity-capital-markets head is framing Oura as the first real test of US IPO appetite after a sluggish September -- meaning how OURA trades next week will shape sentiment for every issuer still in the pipeline.

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The VC Read · Trace's Take

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A profitable hardware-and-subscription company at this growth rate is rare enough that it should be the headline, not a footnote to the insider-selling structure Pulse flagged earlier -- $60.8 million in net income is real earnings, not an adjusted-EBITDA gloss. Diligence item: Eli Lilly's up-to-$100 million interest is disclosed as indicated interest, not a signed commitment, so watch whether it actually converts into filled allocation at pricing, because indicated interest from a strategic partner sometimes shrinks once the final price is set.

Analysis

Updated Oura IPO disclosures show the smart-ring maker is not just growing but genuinely profitable, and reveal that Eli Lilly has indicated interest in buying up to $100 million of shares in the offering, according to Yahoo Finance and Benzinga.

What's New Since Pulse's Last Coverage

Pulse previously reported Oura's $40-$44 price range and $1.21 billion in nine-month revenue, up 74% year over year. This update adds the profitability and demand detail that filing left open:

“A weak debut would do the opposite, regardless of how strong Oura's own underlying numbers are.”

  • Subscription revenue -- $240.5M, up 121% year over year
  • Gross margin -- lifted to 55%
  • Net income -- $60.8M for the nine months ended June 30, 2026
  • Eli Lilly interest -- up to $100M in shares, alongside an existing biometric-tracking partnership
  • Paying members -- expected to reach ~5.7M by fiscal year-end, nearly double the prior year

Why Profitability Changes The Read

A hardware-and-subscription company posting real net income on more than a billion dollars of nine-month revenue is a materially different story than the pure growth-and-insider-selling narrative Pulse's earlier coverage flagged, where 36.5 million of the 50 million shares offered come from existing shareholders rather than the company itself. Profitability doesn't change who's selling into this IPO, but it gives public investors an actual earnings number to underwrite the fully diluted valuation against, rather than relying purely on the top-line growth rate alone.

The Eli Lilly Signal

Eli Lilly's interest in buying up to $100 million of shares is a strategic move, not simply a passive financial allocation -- Lilly already partners with Oura on biometric tracking, and taking an equity position alongside that commercial relationship signals the pharmaceutical giant sees enough durability in Oura's health-data platform to want direct exposure to its public-market outcome, not just a data-sharing arrangement.

The Broader Stakes For This Fall's IPO Window

"Oura is the first real test of US appetite after a sluggish September so far and a period of more volatile markets," said Samuel Kerr, global head of equity capital markets at Mergermarket. "If it comes strongly out the gate it will encourage other issuers." That framing raises the stakes on Oura's debut beyond the company itself -- a strong open next week would be read as validation for the rest of the fall IPO pipeline, including Firmus's Australian listing and SB Energy's still-pending US roadshow, both covered elsewhere on Pulse. A weak debut would do the opposite, regardless of how strong Oura's own underlying numbers are.

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