Suja Life IPO: shares in the juice maker have become available. It is a competitor of Coca-Cola

Preliminary trading in shares of Suja Life, maker of organic cold-pressed juices and nutritional shots, has begun on the Freedom customer trading system. After the IPO, the company plans to expand in functional beverage niches, competing with giants PepsiCo, which makes Naked Juice and Coca-Cola with its Innocent smoothie. Later on Ma. 7, Suja Life securities will appear on the Nasdaq under the ticker SUJA.

Suja Life successfully raised $186.7 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq exchange. The company placed $8.9 million shares at $21, which corresponds to the lower end of the previously announced price range.

The listing was organized by Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, William Blair, BofA Securities and Evercore ISI.

Suja Life plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for brand marketing, innovation, investments in production facilities and possible future acquisitions, and to strengthen its balance sheet, Seeking Alpha notes.

The Oceanside, California-based company was founded in 2012 as a startup in the cold-pressed juice niche, Seeking Alpha writes. Over time, it transformed into a multi-brand platform backed by investment firm Paine Schwartz Partners and co-investor Meaningful Partners. After the IPO, Paine Schwartz's stake will drop from 79% to 60% of the voting shares.

Suja's brand portfolio now includes Marks such as Suja Organic, Vive Organic and Slice Soda, which are made from organic plant-based ingredients and include nutritional supplements, wellness shots and detox cleansing programs. They are available in major chains such as Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, Costco and Whole Foods Market - totaling more than 37,000 stores, GlobalData points out.

For 2025, Suja's revenue increased 26.1% to $326.6 million, while its net loss also increased - up 12% - to $23.3 million. The company is currently summarizing its first-quarter results, it said in a prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to preliminary unaudited figures, Suja estimates its net income for the period to be in the range of $7-8.8 million on revenues of $103.8 million to $107.1 million.

The market for functional beverages in 2025 was estimated at $165 billion, with North America accounting for about 35% of global revenue, Seeking Alpha says. According to the forecast cited by the publication, this market will grow to $315 billion by 2033.

Suja Life is listing at a time when food and beverage manufacturers are being forced to shift their focus toward healthier lifestyles. Grocery giants are increasingly betting on the trend of fiber consumption, and the popularity of weight-loss drugs has raised the importance of protein products, Bloomberg writes.

With additional funding, Suja Life could compete with brands from major companies, Seeking Alpha believes. These include Naked Juice and Tropicana from PepsiCo, Odwalla, Simply and Innocent from Coca-Cola, and organic products from Hain Celestial and Danone.

The main purpose of the placement for Suja Life is to reduce debt and replenish working capital, points out Donovan Jones, an expert of the analytical company IPO Edge. Despite the revenue dynamics, the company maintains a negative free cash flow, he emphasizes. According to him, the high cost of debt service is a factor limiting the manufacturer's operational flexibility. A $75 million load reduction could reduce annual interest expense by about $7.5 million, which would bring free cash flow close to breakeven, Jones predicts.

Freedom Finance analyst Alem Bektemirov estimated the company's stock growth potential at 14.9%. Among the key risks for Suja's business, he named market competition, a limited number of suppliers and possible failures in the supply chain.

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Freedom clients will be able to get access to Suja Life shares before the opening of the main exchange session. Trading will begin in the early pre-market format 2-3 hours before the opening of the US exchanges (from 15:30-16:30 Astana time). To participate click on ticker SUJA.

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