NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Regency Energy Partners

(NYSE:

RGP

) is tomorrow, February 2, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 46 cents per share. At a price of $25.98 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 7.1%.

The average volume for Regency Energy has been 396,800 shares per day over the past 30 days. Regency Energy has a market cap of $3.95 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are up 4.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Regency Energy Partners LP engages in the gathering, treating, processing, compression, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs).

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TheStreet Ratings rates Regency Energy as a

buy

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

Regency Energy Ratings Report

.

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