NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Eli Lilly and Company

(NYSE:

LLY

) is Monday, February 13, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 49 cents per share. At a price of $39.37 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 4.9%.

The average volume for Eli Lilly and has been 8.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Eli Lilly and has a market cap of $45.86 billion and is part of the

health care

sector and

drugs

industry. Shares are down 4.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Eli Lilly and Company develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical products worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of nine, below the average drugs industry P/E ratio of 9.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Eli Lilly and as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat weak growth in earnings per share. You can view the full

Eli Lilly and Ratings Report

.

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