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Yesway IPO Priced at $20, Raises $280 Million

4/23/2026

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Yesway IPO Launch

Yesway, Inc. priced its IPO at $20 per share, offering 14 million shares to raise $280 million, and listed on Nasdaq under ticker “YSWY” with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters.
By Dec 31, 2025 Yesway ran 448 convenience-store locations in nine states, owning about 65 % of the real estate.
In 2025 it reported $2.672 billion revenue (up 5.8 %) and $581 million gross profit, selling 595.3 million fuel gallons and $888.7 million of merchandise.

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Yesway Targets Margin

Yesway aims to raise merchandise margins from about 36% to 41%.
CEO Thomas Trkla said the retailer is recession-resistant and largely insulated from macro shocks.
The debut coincided with revived investor appetite as equity markets neared record highs after Middle East tensions and AI disruption concerns eased.
Over half of Yesway’s 400-plus stores serve towns with fewer than 20,000 residents.
Yesway warned that prolonged high fuel prices could curb demand.

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Yesway Food Surge

Allsup's sold roughly 41 million proprietary food items in 2025, including 24 million burritos.
CEO Thomas Trkla said food sales are rising while many fast-food rivals decline, showing Yesway gaining market share.
Food accounts for about one-third of Yesway’s revenue, with fuel providing the remaining two-thirds.
By the end of 2025 the Yesway-Allsup's system operated 448 stores, mainly in the Midwest and Southwest, after Brookwood’s 2019 acquisition of Allsup's.

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Yesway IPO Launch

Yesway, Inc. priced its IPO at $20 per share, offering 14 million shares to raise $280 million, and listed on Nasdaq under ticker “YSWY” with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters.
By Dec 31, 2025 Yesway ran 448 convenience-store locations in nine states, owning about 65 % of the real estate.
In 2025 it reported $2.672 billion revenue (up 5.8 %) and $581 million gross profit, selling 595.3 million fuel gallons and $888.7 million of merchandise.

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