This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Warren Buffett famously said, 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' When we think about how risky a company is, we always like to look at its use of debt, since debt overload can lead to ruin. Importantly, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ( NYSE:BMY) does carry debt. But the real question is whether this debt is making the company risky.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. closed $4.40 below its 52-week high ($61.08), which the company achieved on November 11th.

We recently compiled a list of the Early Retirement Portfolio: 10 Stocks to Live Off Dividends. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) stands against the other stocks.

Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Bristol-Myers Squibb's whale activity within a strike price range from $43.0 to $75.0 in the last 30 days.

Shares of J.M. Smucker Co. SJM slipped 1.55% to $107.47 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.11% to 5,909.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.