NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

PennyMac Mortgage Investment

(NYSE:

PMT

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 55 cents per share. At a price of $18.90 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 11.7%.

The average volume for PennyMac Mortgage Investment has been 211,900 shares per day over the past 30 days. PennyMac Mortgage Investment has a market cap of $494.2 million and is part of the

financial

sector and

real estate

industry. Shares are up 13.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is based in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.8, below the average real estate industry P/E ratio of 8.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates PennyMac Mortgage Investment as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year. You can view the full

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Ratings Report

.

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