NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for RPC (NYSE: RES) is tomorrow, February 8, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 12 cents per share. At a price of $15.49 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.1%. The average volume for RPC has been 1.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. RPC has a market cap of $2.6 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are down 15% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. RPC, Inc. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.6, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 9.2 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
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