Savers Value Village drops as Ares slices stake in $205 mln secondary offering

Savers Value Village

12/08/2026 12:19

** Thrift operator Savers Value Village's SVV.N shares down 12% at $10.39 before the bell on Weds after $205 mln secondary offering priced
** Bellevue, Washington-based SVV late Tues announced 20 mln shares offloaded by Ares Management ARES.N at $10.25
** Offering size boosted from 15 mln shares and priced at 13.1% discount to last close
** SVV to buy $10 mln of offering shares from the underwriters
** Prior to the transactions, Ares ARES.N held ~117.4 mln shares, roughly 76% of SVV's 154.3 mln shares outstanding, per the prospectus
** JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and UBS are joint lead bookrunners for the offering
** At Tues close, SVV stock rose 59% over the past three months, putting it up 26% YTD
** 8 of 11 analysts rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy", 3 "hold"; median PT $14.50, per LSEG data

(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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