** Shares of utility infrastructure services firm Centuri Holdings CTRI.N down 1% at $21.50 after hours as it looks to raise equity
** Phoenix, Arizona-based CTRI commences $160 mln stock offering, and says e
ntities affiliated with billionaire investor Carl Icahn to buy approx $75 mln of shares in concurrent private placement
** CTRI intends to use net proceeds from the transactions for general corporate purposes, including funding acquisitions and repaying debt
** JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, BofA and KeyBanc are joint lead bookrunners for stock offering
** With ~88.6 mln shares outstanding, CTRI has about $2 bln market cap
** CTRI shares on Weds edged up 0.3% to close at $22.12, up roughly 15% YTD
** In Sept, Southwest Gas Holdings SWX.N divested its remaining stake in secondary offering priced at $19.60
** Of 7 analysts covering CTRI, 3 rate "strong buy" or "buy", 2 rate "hold" and 2 recommend "sell"; median PT is $23.50, per LSEG
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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