NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

BreitBurn Energy Partners

(Nasdaq:

BBEP

) is tomorrow, February 2, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 45 cents per share. At a price of $20.15 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 9%.

The average volume for BreitBurn Energy has been 677,000 shares per day over the past 30 days. BreitBurn Energy has a market cap of $1.15 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are up 4.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.1, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 22.5 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates BreitBurn Energy as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, expanding profit margins and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

BreitBurn Energy Ratings Report

.

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