NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR

(NYSE:

RDS.B

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 84 cents per share. At a price of $73.96 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 4.6%.

The average volume for Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR has been 931,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR has a market cap of $236.5 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are down 3.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Royal Dutch Shell plc operates as an oil and gas company worldwide. The company explores for, and extracts crude oil and natural gas. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, 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

Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR Ratings Report

.

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