Jan 27, 2025
Smithfield Foods prices IPO below range in US market comeback
The IPO valued the pork producer at $7.95 billion, ahead of a market debut that will see the company return to a U.S. exchange after more than a decade. The offering was priced at $20 per share, Smithfield said, below the $23-$27 per share range that would have raised as much as $939.6 million. Smithfield raised $260.9 million in the offering, while the rest was raised by the selling stockholder, a unit of its parent company WH Group.