NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Chevron

(NYSE:

CVX

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 81 cents per share. At a price of $106.12 as of 9:40 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.1%.

The average volume for Chevron has been 8.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Chevron has a market cap of $212.53 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are down 0% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in petroleum, chemicals, mining, power generation, and energy operations worldwide. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.8, equal to the average energy industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Chevron as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. You can view the full

Chevron Ratings Report

.

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