NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Linear Technology

(Nasdaq:

LLTC

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 25 cents per share. At a price of $33.50 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3%.

The average volume for Linear Technology has been 2.6 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Linear Technology has a market cap of $7.59 billion and is part of the

technology

sector and

electronics

industry. Shares are up 12.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Linear Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets various analog integrated circuits worldwide. The company produces power management, data conversion, signal conditioning, RF and interface ICs, and Module subsystems. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.8, above the average electronics industry P/E ratio of 15.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Linear Technology as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. You can view the full

Linear Technology Ratings Report

.

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