NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

M.D.C. Holdings

(NYSE:

MDC

) is Monday, February 6, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 25 cents per share. At a price of $23.49 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 4.9%.

The average volume for M.D.C has been one million shares per day over the past 30 days. M.D.C has a market cap of $957.1 million and is part of the

industrial goods

sector and

materials & construction

industry. Shares are up 27.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in homebuilding and financial services businesses in the United States.

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TheStreet Ratings rates M.D.C as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow. You can view the full

M.D.C Ratings Report

.

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