Following Macquarie's tender offer announcement, KINX hits upper limit and Gabia surges 26% [Signal]
Predicted impact: Medium
Tender offer by Macquarie for a stake in a company worth about ₩0.5T is meaningful.
Gabia가비아
079940 · KOSDAQ · ₩079940 · 가비아
₩50,500▲ ₩10,400 (25.94%)End-of-day · Oct 28, 2026 · End-of-day prices.
Price · 1Y +93.49%
- Market cap
- ₩678B
- Enterprise value
- ₩734B
- P/E
- 37.3×
- P/B
- 3.7×
- Dividend yield
- 0.2%
- ROE
- 10.0%
- Net margin
- 5.2%
Trailing 12 months from filed financial statements, as of H1 2026. Dividend yield: the 2025 dividend per share from the annual report ÷ today's price.
52-week range−1.4% from the high
₩24,900Today: ₩50,300 – ₩51,200₩51,200
Returns
- 1W+29.3%
- 1M+25.2%
- 3M+7.2%
- 6M+68.1%
- YTD+56.6%
- 1Y+93.5%
- Volume today
- 166,249
- 11.5× the 20-day average
- Traded today
- ₩8.4B
- Listed shares
- 13,420,684
- EPS (12 months)
- ₩1,355
- Earnings yield 2.7%
AI research · Update noteGabia: Founders agree to sell and contribute 24.4% stake at ₩53,000 per share to a Macquarie-linked vehicleThe main new fact is a change of control at a fixed price of ₩53,000 per share, with the founders rolling most of their stake into the buyer.Read the full report →
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Why is it moving?
+25.9% on Oct 28, 2026. Trading value 14.8× its normal.
Macquarie has agreed to buy Gabia from its main shareholder Align Partners at 53,000 won per share, after raising the price. Macquarie also plans a full tender offer to take Gabia and KINX private. Gabia shares rose about 26% on the news.
AI summary of the news and filings linked. It can be wrong; check them.
- Following Macquarie's tender offer announcement, KINX hits upper limit and Gabia surges 26% [Signal] (Seoul Economic Daily)
- Align Partners and Mirae Capital Work with Macquarie to Raise Gabia Tender Offer Price and Resolve Dual Listing (Etoday)
- Macquarie Agrees to Acquire Gabia After Raising Purchase Price; Major Shareholder Align Also to Transfer Stake (Maeil Business Newspaper)
- Macquarie signs Gabia deal with ₩5,300 per share… KINX to undergo full ₩190,000 tender offer (Chosun Biz)
- • Filing: [Amended] Notice of Shareholder Register Closure Period or Record Date Setting
- • Filing: Amended: Notice of shareholders' meeting
- • Filing: Amended: Shareholders' meeting called
- • Buzz 44 on JONBUR: in the news
Possible reasons, not certainties. Not financial advice.
Signals
Quiet- BuzzQuietBuzz 44: in the news.
- SentimentPositiveNews: Buyout deal at a higher price is seen as positive for shareholders, and the shares jumped. Community: 0 bullish, 0 bearish posts this week.
- MomentumFlat-2.8% over the last month; the price is above its 20-day average.
- News impactHigh19 news items and filings in two weeks; 3 rated high impact, 7 medium.
Signals describe activity, not recommendations. Not financial advice.
Leveraged ETF flows
Estimated leveraged-ETF rebalance on Oct 27: buy ₩179M at the close (30.3% of 20-day average trading value)
On its 11 biggest days of the last 60 (moves of 3%+), the estimated pressure averaged 9.7% of trading value and pointed the same way 5 of 11 times.
- 2× KODEX KOSDAQ150 Leverage ₩146M
- 2× TIGER KOSDAQ150 Leverage ₩17M
- -1× KODEX KOSDAQ150 Futures Inverse ₩10M
- 2× RISE KOSDAQ150 Futures Leverage ₩3M
Mostly via futures: index funds hedge with KOSPI 200 / KOSDAQ 150 futures, spread here over the index's largest members by market value.
Final after the close. An intraday "if the close were now" estimate needs real-time prices, which we don't have yet.
Estimate based on ETF size and daily moves; actual trades may differ.
Gabia stock overview
Gabia (가비아, KRX: 079940) is listed on KOSDAQ, in the Software sector. Gabia is a Korean cloud and IT infrastructure company that provides integrated IT infrastructure and solutions to businesses through a single point of contact, covering infrastructure construction, operation, and security monitoring. Its shares closed at ₩50,500 on Oct 28, 2026, up 25.94% on the day, giving it a market value of ₩678B.
Key facts
- Market cap
- ₩678B
- Sector
- Software
- Latest price change
- +25.94%
- As of
- Oct 28, 2026
- Main business
- Gabia is a Korean cloud and IT infrastructure company that provides integrated IT infrastructure and solutions to businesses through a single point of contact, covering infrastructure construction, operation, and security monitoring.
Quick answers about Gabia
- What does Gabia do?
- Gabia is a Korean cloud and IT infrastructure company that provides integrated IT infrastructure and solutions to businesses through a single point of contact, covering infrastructure construction, operation, and security monitoring. Its main business segments are cloud services (IaaS, SaaS, DaaS), security, domain registration, and data center (IDC) hosting and colocation, with customers including public institutions and enterprises. The company operates data centers in major Seoul-area business hubs such as Gasan, Gangnam, and Seocho.
- What is the market cap of Gabia?
- The market capitalisation of Gabia was ₩678B at the close on Oct 28, 2026.
- Who are the largest shareholders of Gabia?
- According to the latest official filings, the largest reported holders are Korea Internet Infrastructure Holdings (69.35%, as of Oct 28, 2026); Kim Hong-guk (26.91%, as of Oct 28, 2026); TheMiriStrategicEmergingMarketsFundLP (23.96%, as of Nov 4, 2025).
- When is the next earnings report from Gabia?
- Korean companies rarely announce results dates in advance. Based on when Gabia filed the same report in past years, its next 3q results is expected between Nov 13, 2026 and Nov 14, 2026.
Company profile
Gabia is a Korean cloud and IT infrastructure company that provides integrated IT infrastructure and solutions to businesses through a single point of contact, covering infrastructure construction, operation, and security monitoring. Its main business segments are cloud services (IaaS, SaaS, DaaS), security, domain registration, and data center (IDC) hosting and colocation, with customers including public institutions and enterprises. The company operates data centers in major Seoul-area business hubs such as Gasan, Gangnam, and Seocho.
Written by AI from the company's latest annual report.
- Korean name
- 가비아
- Sector
- Software
- CEO
- 김홍국, 원종홍 (공동대표이사)
- Founded
- Sep 1999
- Listed
- Oct 2005
- Listed shares
- 13,420,684
- Fiscal year ends
- Month 12
- Website
- www.gabia.com
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Recent news
Align Partners and Mirae Capital Work with Macquarie to Raise Gabia Tender Offer Price and Resolve Dual Listing
Predicted impact: Medium
Same Macquarie tender offer story with price increase and dual-listing fix already reported recently
Macquarie Agrees to Acquire Gabia After Raising Purchase Price; Major Shareholder Align Also to Transfer Stake
Predicted impact: Medium
Takeover of Gabia by Macquarie with higher price; deal already reported in recent days, so lowered one level
Recent filings
See all- [Amended] Notice of Shareholder Register Closure Period or Record Date SettingOct 28, 2026
- Lawsuit filed or ruledOct 28, 2026
- Amended: Shareholders' meeting calledOct 28, 2026
- Lawsuit filed or ruledOct 28, 2026
- Lawsuit filed or ruledOct 28, 2026
Titles in Korean until English translations are added.
Also known as: Gabia / 가비아 / 079940 / KRX:079940
Source: KRX statistical information