Everybody loves a bargain. And in the current bear market, there are plenty of stocks to buy at a discount.

We asked three Motley Fool contributors to identify dirt-cheap stocks to buy sooner rather than later. Here's why they chose Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), Viatris (NASDAQ: VTRS), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX).

Prosper Junior Bakiny (Bristol Myers Squibb): Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is among the select group of companies that are outperforming the market this year. The company's shares are up by 13% year to date. Bristol Myers' reasonable valuation metrics may have something to do with it. Its forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is just 9.5, compared to a forward P/E of 17.1 for the S&P 500. 

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