NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Limited Brands

(NYSE:

LTD

) is tomorrow, February 22, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 25 cents per share. At a price of $45.79 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.2%.

The average volume for Limited has been 3.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Limited has a market cap of $12.39 billion and is part of the

services

sector and

retail

industry. Shares are up 15.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Limited Brands, Inc. operates as a retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products, and accessories in the United States and Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 16, above the average retail industry P/E ratio of 14.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Limited as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated. You can view the full

Limited Ratings Report

.

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