NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

BP

(NYSE:

BP

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 48 cents per share. At a price of $47.04 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 4.1%.

The average volume for BP has been 6.1 million shares per day over the past 30 days. BP has a market cap of $141.24 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are up 10.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

BP p.l.c. provides fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services, and petrochemicals products.

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TheStreet Ratings rates BP as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, robust revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full

BP Ratings Report

.

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