NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Plantronics

(NYSE:

PLT

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 5 cents per share. At a price of $37.42 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 0.5%.

The average volume for Plantronics has been 399,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Plantronics has a market cap of $1.69 billion and is part of the

technology

sector and

telecommunications

industry. Shares are up 5.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Plantronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of lightweight communications headsets, telephone headset systems, and accessories for the business and consumer markets under the Plantronics name worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.6, below the average telecommunications industry P/E ratio of 16.7 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Plantronics as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. You can view the full

Plantronics Ratings Report

.

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