NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Marathon Oil

(NYSE:

MRO

) is tomorrow, February 14, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 17 cents per share. At a price of $33.56 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.1%.

The average volume for Marathon Oil has been 7.1 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Marathon Oil has a market cap of $22.65 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are up 13.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Marathon Oil Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an international energy company with operations in the United States, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Exploration and Production, Oil Sands Mining, and Integrated Gas. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.2, above the average energy industry P/E ratio of 7.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Marathon Oil as a

buy

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

Marathon Oil Ratings Report

.

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