Helia Group Limited (ASX:HLI) Insider Pauline Blight-Johnston Sells 74,092 Shares

Helia Group Limited (ASX:HLI) insider Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 74,092 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of A$6.02 ($3.81), for a total transaction of A$446,182.02 ($282,393.69).

Pauline Blight-Johnston also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 7th, Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 45,006 shares of Helia Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of A$5.91 ($3.74), for a total value of A$266,075.47 ($168,402.20).
• On Thursday, February 27th, Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 66,337 shares of Helia Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of A$5.79 ($3.66), for a total value of A$384,091.23 ($243,095.72).
• On Wednesday, January 15th, Pauline Blight-Johnston acquired 109,165 shares of Helia Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of A$4.54 ($2.87) per share, with a total value of A$495,609.10 ($313,676.65).
• On Tuesday, December 31st, Pauline Blight-Johnston bought 311,593 shares of Helia Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of A$4.47 ($2.83) per share, for a total transaction of A$1,392,820.71 ($881,532.09).

Helia Group Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.81 and a beta of 1.14.

Helia Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a Final dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.69 per share. This is a boost from Helia Group’s previous Final dividend of $0.41. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a yield of 11.75%. Helia Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 40.54%.

About Helia Group

Helia Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, is involved in the loan mortgage insurance business primarily in Australia. The company facilitates residential mortgage lending by transferring risk from lenders to lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) providers, primarily for high loan to value ratio residential mortgage loans; and portfolio of seasoned home loans.