NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Janus Capital Group

(NYSE:

JNS

) is tomorrow, February 2, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 5 cents per share. At a price of $7.97 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.5%.

The average volume for Janus Capital Group has been five million shares per day over the past 30 days. Janus Capital Group has a market cap of $1.41 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

financial services

industry. Shares are up 24.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Janus Capital Group, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company with approximately $167.7 billion in assets under management. It also provides retirement planning, investment planning, tax planning, investment for college, and tax planning services to its clients. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.2, above the average financial services industry P/E ratio of 7.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Janus Capital Group as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and weak operating cash flow. You can view the full

Janus Capital Group Ratings Report

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