NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Pengrowth Energy

(NYSE:

PGH

) is Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 7 cents per share. At a price of $10.07 as of 9:58 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 8.4%.

The average volume for Pengrowth Energy has been one million shares per day over the past 30 days. Pengrowth Energy has a market cap of $3.7 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are down 4.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Pengrowth Energy Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The company has a P/E ratio of 333.7, above the average energy industry P/E ratio of 32.8 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Pengrowth Energy as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity. You can view the full

Pengrowth Energy Ratings Report

.

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