NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

United Technologies

(NYSE:

UTX

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 48 cents per share. At a price of $84.45 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.3%.

The average volume for United has been 4.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. United has a market cap of $70.48 billion and is part of the

conglomerates

sector and

conglomerates

industry. Shares are up 16.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

United Technologies Corporation provides technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.2, above the average conglomerates industry P/E ratio of 14.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates United as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. You can view the full

United Ratings Report

.

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