Smithfield Foods does not plan to close more U.S. pork processing plants, Chief Executive Shane Smith said on Tuesday, as the company returned to a U.S. exchange after more than a decade in a spinoff by Hong Kong-based WH Group .

Smithfield Foods ( NASDAQ: SFD) opened for trading at $21.05 before settling back to $20.18 at 12:50 p.m. The early trading values the food processing giant at just over $8.0 billion.

Smithfield Foods' CEO Shane Smith says he hopes that everything the company has done to make working in its plants more attractive ever since COVID tore through the industry during the pandemic will help it weather the impact of President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations.

Smithfield Foods Inc. shares rose about 2% in the pork producer’s return to being a public company, after the stock priced below the range offered in its IPO.Most Read from BloombergTexas HOA Charged

Smithfield Foods Inc. and its owner are guiding prospective investors that its initial public offering is likely to price at $20 per share, below the marketed range, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Listen to this article Smithfield Foods officials rang the opening bell Tuesday at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, as the packaged meat and fresh pork giant launched its initial public offering of 26 million stock shares at $20 per share on the Nasdaq Global Select Market,

Smithfield Foods, the largest pork processor in the country, announced it will not close additional plants as it focuses on growth following its initial public offering (IPO), CEO Shane Smith said Tuesday.

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 Foods ( SFD) began its roadshow on Tuesday for an underwritten initial public offering of 34,800,000 shares of its common stock. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $23.00 and $27.00 per share. The range values the Virginia-based company at $10.7 billion at the high point.

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC (SFD) plans to raise $870 million in an initial public offering on Tuesday, January 28th, IPO Scoop reports. The company plans to issue 34,800,000 shares at a price of $23.00-$27.

(Reuters) -- Smithfield Foods was valued at $7.7 billion after its shares fell 3.2% on Tuesday, in a muted debut that might prompt other IPO candidates to tread cautiously.

US pork processor Smithfield Foods is seeking to raise as much as about $940m in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.