NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Consol Energy

(NYSE:

CNX

) is tomorrow, February 3, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 13 cents per share. At a price of $36.29 as of 9:40 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.4%.

The average volume for Consol Energy has been 3.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Consol Energy has a market cap of $7.87 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

metals & mining

industry. Shares are down 2.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

CONSOL Energy Inc. engages in the production of multi-fuel energy and provision of energy services primarily to the electric power generation industry in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.9, below the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 14.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Consol Energy as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full

Consol Energy Ratings Report

.

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