NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Zions

(Nasdaq:

ZION

) is Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of one cent per share. At a price of $19.29 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 0.2%.

The average volume for Zions has been 3.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Zions has a market cap of $3.16 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

banking

industry. Shares are up 17.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Zions Bancorporation, a multi bank holding company, provides various banking and related products and services in the United States.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Zions as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. 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

Zions Ratings Report

.

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