Helia Group Limited (ASX:HLI) Insider Pauline Blight-Johnston Sells 45,006 Shares

Helia Group Limited (ASX:HLI) insider Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 45,006 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of A$5.91 ($3.72), for a total value of A$266,075.47 ($167,343.06).

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

• On Wednesday, March 5th, Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 74,092 shares of Helia Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of A$6.02 ($3.79), for a total transaction of A$446,182.02 ($280,617.63).
• 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 ($3.64), for a total transaction of A$384,091.23 ($241,566.81).
• On Wednesday, January 15th, Pauline Blight-Johnston bought 109,165 shares of Helia Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of A$4.54 ($2.86) per share, for a total transaction of A$495,609.10 ($311,703.84).
• On Tuesday, December 31st, Pauline Blight-Johnston purchased 311,593 shares of Helia Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of A$4.47 ($2.81) per share, for a total transaction of A$1,392,820.71 ($875,987.87).

Helia Group Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $1.35 billion, a price-to-earnings 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. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.69 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a dividend yield of 11.75%. This is an increase from Helia Group’s previous Final dividend of $0.41. Helia Group’s 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.