NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Hudson City Bancorp

(Nasdaq:

HCBK

) is tomorrow, February 8, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 8 cents per share. At a price of $7.13 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 4.5%.

The average volume for Hudson City has been 5.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Hudson City has a market cap of $3.75 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

banking

industry. Shares are up 13.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank that provides retail banking services in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

  • Sign up for TheStreet's FREE Dividend and Income Investor Newsletter

TheStreet Ratings rates Hudson City as a

hold

. Among the primary strengths of the company is its expanding profit margins over time. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

Hudson City Ratings Report

.

See our

dividend calendar

or

top-yielding stocks list

.

null