Helia Group Limited (ASX:HLI) Insider Sells A$279,507.54 in Stock

Helia Group Limited (ASX:HLI) insider Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 50,553 shares of Helia Group stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of A$5.53 ($3.48), for a total transaction of A$279,507.54 ($175,790.90).

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

• On Tuesday, March 18th, Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 49,165 shares of Helia Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of A$5.72 ($3.60), for a total value of A$281,223.80 ($176,870.31).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 74,092 shares of Helia Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of A$6.02 ($3.79), for a total value of A$446,182.02 ($280,617.63).
• 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 ($3.72), for a total value of A$266,075.47 ($167,343.06).
• On Thursday, February 27th, Pauline Blight-Johnston sold 66,337 shares of Helia Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of A$5.79 ($3.64), for a total value 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 acquired at an average cost of A$4.54 ($2.86) per share, with a total value of A$495,609.10 ($311,703.84).
• On Tuesday, December 31st, Pauline Blight-Johnston acquired 311,593 shares of Helia Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of A$4.47 ($2.81) per share, with a total value of A$1,392,820.71 ($875,987.87).

Helia Group Price Performance

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

Helia Group Increases Dividend

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