NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Evercore Partners

(NYSE:

EVR

) is tomorrow, February 22, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 20 cents per share. At a price of $28.75 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.8%.

The average volume for Evercore has been 182,300 shares per day over the past 30 days. Evercore has a market cap of $781.8 million and is part of the

financial

sector and

financial services

industry. Shares are up 7.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Evercore Partners Inc. operates as an independent investment banking advisory firm. The company has a P/E ratio of 106.5, above the average financial services industry P/E ratio of 67.7 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Evercore as a

buy

. Among the primary strengths of the company is its revenue growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

Evercore Ratings Report

.

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