Daily Ticker #69 · August 17, 2026

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO (BMY)

Healthcare

Healthcare · NYSE · New York, NY

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The six clues

  1. Clue 1 · The Basics
    U.S. pharmaceutical giant · large-cap · listed on NYSE · headquartered in New York City.
  2. Clue 2 · The Numbers
    Annual revenue around $45 billion, with a blockbuster drug portfolio that has kept it in the top 10 pharma companies globally for decades.
  3. Clue 3 · The History
    The result of a 1989 mega-merger between two storied American drug companies, one founded in the 1850s — making it older than the lightbulb.
  4. Clue 4 · The Secret
    It pulled off one of pharma's biggest acquisition gambits by buying Celgene for $74 billion in 2019, a bet-the-company deal that raised plenty of eyebrows on Wall Street.
  5. Clue 5 · The Lore
    Its cancer drug Opdivo and blood thinner Eliquis are household names in oncology wards and cardiology clinics — together they generate the bulk of the company's sales.
  6. Clue 6 · The Giveaway
    Three surnames walked into a boardroom — a Bristol, a Myers, and a Squibb — and somehow all three made it onto the door.