NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

PACCAR

(Nasdaq:

PCAR

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 18 cents per share. At a price of $43.72 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.7%.

The average volume for PACCAR has been 2.7 million shares per day over the past 30 days. PACCAR has a market cap of $16.12 billion and is part of the

consumer goods

sector and

automotive

industry. Shares are up 17.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

PACCAR Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks and related aftermarket parts primarily in the United States and Europe. It markets its heavy-duty diesel trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF nameplates. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.1, below the average automotive industry P/E ratio of 18.7 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates PACCAR as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

PACCAR Ratings Report

.

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