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Founded in August 1933 and headquartered in Princeton, NJ. Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) discovers, develops, licenses, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products. 

Three key data points gauge BMY or any dividend-paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

BMY Price

Bristol-Myers’s single share price dropped 7.27% from $56.65 to $52.53 last year, per Friday’s market price.

22 analysts cover the stock, and the median of their one-year price targets set a mark at $53.64 for the coming year, a $1.11 estimated gain.

However, BMY's share price showed an average one-year gain of $2.17 over the past 15 years.

BMY Dividends

Bristol-Myers has paid variable quarterly dividends since February 1990.

It paid an Annual dividend of $2.48 for the year 2025.

But, $2.52 is projected as BMY’s forward-looking dividend amount for 2026.

BMY Returns

Putting it all together, a hypothetical $4.16 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding BMY’s annual $2.52 dividend to the averaged $1.64 annual price gain per the 15-year history and analyst target estimates.

A little under $1000 invested at Friday’s $52.20 share price would buy 19 shares which, multiply the $4.16 estimated gross gain to $127.20 for the coming year.

About 37.3% of that $127 gain comes from an annual dividend payout of $47.50.

And that $47.50 dividend from $1k invested is less than BMY’s $52.20 single share price.

(The dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

Wait for Bristol Myers' share price to drop to $49.80, where the dividend yield from $1K invested squares with the single share price.

Then, you may choose to pounce on BMY when its annual dividend payout from $1K invested equals its single share price.

The exact track of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s future share price and dividends will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember, the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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