The

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) is trading down 127 points (-1%) at 12,763 as of Friday, Feb 10, 2012, 10:40 a.m. ET. During this time, 216.8 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 421 issues advancing vs. 2,449 declining with 85 unchanged.

Monday, February 13, 2012 is the ex-dividend date for Dow component

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

(NYSE:

DD

). Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 41 cents per share. At a price of $51.16 as of 10:40 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.2% compared to the average Dow component yield of 2.7%.

The average volume for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company has been 6.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company has a market cap of $45.65 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

chemicals

industry. Shares are up 12.8% year to date as of Thursday's close.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology company worldwide. It operates in seven segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Electronics & Communications, Performance Chemicals, Performance Coatings, Performance Materials, Safety & Protection, and Pharmaceuticals. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.1, below the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 13.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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