By Sarina Isaacs
Shares of Smithfield Foods, which late Monday priced its initial public offering at $20 per share, were ticking higher on their first day of trading.
The stock, trading under the ticker symbol SFD, was up fractionally to $20.06 on Tuesday. Earlier in the session, it was up about 6%.
The IPO was for about 26.1 million shares, split evenly between those sold by Smithfield and those sold by SFDS UK Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Smithfield's parent company, WH Group Limited. Underwriters were granted a 30-day option to buy up to about 3.9 million additional shares from SFDS UK.
Last week, the Smithfield, Va., packaged-foods company had estimated it would offer 34.8 million shares priced at between $23 and $27 apiece.
The IPO marks a return to the stock market for a company that became a subsidiary of WH Group in 2013 in a $4.7 billion deal.
After the IPO, WH Group will own about 91.2% of Smithfield shares, or about 89.9% if the underwriters fully exercise their purchase option.
Write to Sarina Isaacs at sarina.isaacs@wsj.com
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