NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Exxon Mobil Corporation

(NYSE:

XOM

) is tomorrow, February 8, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 47 cents per share. At a price of $85.39 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.2%.

The average volume for Exxon Mobil has been 18.9 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Exxon Mobil has a market cap of $417.87 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are up 1.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, and manufacture of petroleum products, as well as transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.1, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 10.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Exxon Mobil as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, increase in stock price during the past year, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. You can view the full

Exxon Mobil Ratings Report

.

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