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Wall Street finally got a taste of Blackstone-backed Jersey Mike’s, yet the first bite looked hesitant. What’s next for JMKE?

The sandwich chain is going public on Thursday. It will test the appetite of investors after blockbuster debuts like Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

The fast-casual sandwich chain is set to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange after pricing its shares at $23.

Jersey Mike's Subs (JMKE) priced its IPO of 43.5 million shares of Class A common at $23 a share, fo

The sandwich chain is going public on Thursday. It will test the appetite of investors after blockbuster debuts like Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

The sandwich chain is set to go public at an $8 billion valuation after the private-equity firm reduced expenses.

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Two-thirds of Jersey Mike’s offered shares will be from existing shareholders, meaning the injection of new capital will be relatively small.

Jersey Mike’s Subs unveiled terms of a planned initial public offering that could give the sandwich chain, backed by private-equity giant Blackstone, an initial market capitalization approaching $8 billion.

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Jersey Mike’s Subs has reportedly filed to debut on the NYSE under the ticker JMKE. Here’s what the company’s S-1 filing told us.

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It operates about 3,300 restaurants across the US and Canada, with annual systemwide sales of $4.3bn .

Jersey Mike’s has a large, mostly franchised system, more than 3,300 locations, and $4.2 billion in 2025 systemwide sales.

Investing.com -- Jersey Mike’s Subs Inc., the sandwich chain backed by Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX), filed for an initial public offering that would join a rebound in US listing activity. The company intends to list its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "JMKE." The proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed. Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, and J.P. Morgan are actin

The biggest IPOS in U.S. history include a major chipmaker, a ride-hailing firm and a handful of global telecoms.

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Blackstone-backed Liftoff Mobile said on Wednesday it has raised $437 million in its U.S. initial public offering, as ‌a busy summer for listings gathers pace and encourages ‌more companies to test investor appetite. The Redwood City, California-based company sold 19 million shares ​and priced its offering at $23 per share, above targeted range of $20 to $22 apiece. The IPO valued it at $3.83 billion, according to outstanding shares disclosed in its IPO prospectus.

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Shares of Blackstone's newly minted investment vehicle opened flat in their market debut on Thursday, ‌after the company raised $1.75 billion in its U.S. initial public offering ‌with plans to buy data center assets. New York-based Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust's stock opened at $20 ​per share, the same price at which it had sold 87.5 million shares in its IPO. Artificial intelligence-linked companies have taken center stage in the U.S. IPO market this week with three billion-dollar offerings, including chipmaker Cerebras and Fervo ‌Energy.

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