NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Federated Investors

(NYSE:

FII

) is Monday, February 6, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 24 cents per share. At a price of $18.57 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 5.5%.

The average volume for Federated Investors has been 2.1 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Federated Investors has a market cap of $1.94 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

financial services

industry. Shares are up 20.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Federated Investors, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.1, equal to the average financial services industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Federated Investors as a

hold

. The company's strongest point has been its expanding profit margins. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. You can view the full

Federated Investors Ratings Report

.

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