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WH Group

WH Group
WH Group
WH Group is the world's largest pork producer, with operations in packaged meats, fresh pork and pig farming. The company is a leading supplier of pork in China, the United States and in some markets in Europe. It owns US pork giant Smithfield Foods, which it acquired in 2013.
Chairman / President
Wan Long
CEO / Managing Director
Guo Lijun
CFO / Finance Director
Zhen Jinyan
Industry
Food & Beverages
Website
wh-group.com
Headquarters address
1-3/F, Tower 1, Ever Gain Plaza, 88 Container Port Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong
Stock Code
SEHK:288
Year founded
1958
Pigs are housed in pens at a commercial pork production facility. Photo: Handout
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WH Group to gain US$467 million from sale of food spices unit to French firm

The sale to French group Solina is expected to generate a US$467 million gain before costs and expenses, WH Group says in an exchange filing.

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Some of the products of Smithfield Foods on display during WH Group’s IPO in Hong Kong April 2014. Photo: Reuters
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Premier Li added to recent calls for more stimulus to shore up China’s economy amid July setbacks. Meituan rebounded from a sell-off while HKEX slipped after a poor report card.

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China stock market

Chinese pork stocks recede as top planning body moves to rein in hog prices

Trading in pork stocks started to unravel after the National Development and Reform Commission said it would crack down on misconduct and ‘vile speculation’ it blames for stoking runaway hog prices.

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Stocks in Hong Kong struggled to break out from a four-week low as record Covid-19 cases in Shanghai dimmed hopes for a quick exit from lockdown.

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WH Group posts 7.2 per cent jump in 2021 profit, but outlook clouded by war

WH Group warned that the Ukraine-Russia war will push costs up and affect profitability, after reporting a 7.2 per cent jump in annual profit on higher sales.

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Smithfield Foods

WH Group loses US$1.4 billion in value as feud engulfs Chinese pork empire

Media reports citing former director Wan Hongjian said the company founder and former CFO took decisions that led to financial losses. The world’s biggest pork producer denied the allegations.

Some of the products made by Smithfield Foods, owned by WH Group, on display during a news conference in Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam
Food and agriculture

Chinese pork tycoon quits, leaving firm in non-family hands after son’s sacking

Wan Long, the founder of WH Group, has stepped down as chief executive, leaving his empire in the hands of non-family members after his son was fired two months ago for ‘aggressive behaviour’.

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WH Group is the world’s largest pork producer. Photo: Getty Images
China food safety

Chinese pork giant fires chairman’s son over aggressive behaviour

Wan Hongjian, 52, was stripped of his roles as executive director, deputy chairman and vice-president of WH Group because of his recent misconduct and aggressive behaviour, company says in exchange filing.

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Smithfield Foods

WH Group offers to buy back US$1.93 billion of stock at premium to market

Wan Long, the 81-year-old chairman and CEO, says the offer will allow investors to either cash in their investment or enjoy higher a return. The stock has underperformed the Hang Seng Index this year and in 2020.

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Coronavirus pandemic

WH Group’s US pork processing plant reopens amid coronavirus controversy

Smithfield Foods, a US unit of China’s biggest pork company, has reopened its processing facility despite a coronavirus outbreak in meat plants across America.

Smithfield Foods is reopening its South Dakota plant in the US in stages after President Donald Trump ordered the nation’s meat processing facilities to stay open to meet food shortages. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks post best gain in a month – Tencent, WH Group jump

“The virus spread seems under control in Hong Kong and China,” said Alan Li, portfolio manager at Atta Capital. That boosted sentiment for stock buying.

In an uncommon sight in America, a woman wears a mask near the New York Stock Exchange in New York on March 4. Photo: Reuters
Stocks

Stocks Blog: Hang Seng Index gains, with Tencent, WH Group rising; in mainland, Kweichow Moutai tumbles 3 per cent

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Stocks Blog: Hang Seng Index drops on US-China trade concerns; Tencent, WH Group and Sunny Optical fall

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Stocks Blog: HSBC drops again, WH Group posts big gain on strong profit results in Hong Kong

Shanghai snaps two-day winning streak, ending day down by 0.9 per cent 

WH Group, the world's largest pork processor, soared in Hong Kong after posting strong results for the first nine months of the year. Photo: Reuters
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Stocks Blog: Big gains by WH Group, Anta Sports can't ignite Hong Kong markets

City's benchmark has struggled for direction all day even, weighed down by China Mobile and HKEX

Smithfield Foods

World’s largest pork producer diversifies its way through trade war

The African swine fever that spread to China just over a year ago has led to the mass culling of pigs, slashing the number of China’s breeding sows by 26.7 per cent at the end of June from a year earlier.

African swine fever

Pork prices likely to stay high in China – but that’s good for WH Group

Sustained high prices is music to the ears of the WH Group, the world’s largest producer of the meat and owner of Smithfield Foods of Virginia.

Hong Kong’s government ordered a cull of 6,000 pigs to prevent the spread of African swine fever. Photo: Warton Li
US-China trade war

Pork producer WH Group calls for end of trade war as profit drops

WH Group, owner of Smithfield Foods, said falling prices and higher mainland tariffs on US shipments led to a profit result of US$1.05 billion for 2018.

Pork producer WH Group calls for end of trade war, as 2018 profit drops 4 per cent
Hong Kong company reporting season

Profit of China’s top ‘butcher’ falls as trade war hurts US business

The company says its US unit will increase exports to countries like Japan and South Korea as the trade war continues

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Hong Kong company reporting season

Pork producer WH Group reports worse than expected net profit

Hong Kong company reporting season

Pork giant WH less likely hit by a Trump trade war with China, says chairman

WH Group recorded a net profit of US$1 billion for 2016, up from US$866 million a year earlier. Photo: Reuters

WH Group offers ADRs in US to expand investor exposure

WH Group made a name for itself in the global market in 2013 with its US$4.7 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the US. Photo: Reuters
Mergers & Acquisitions

WH Group agrees to buy California's largest pork processor for US$145 million

Shuanghui International

Chinese pork giant WH Group may eye major acquisitions by end of 2017

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