# Prof. Aswath Damodaran discusses how to identify a well-priced stock

1 Faculty News April 19, 2014 ![Barron's logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031072.jpg?itok=FtY-yu99)>

Excerpt from [Barron's](http://online.barrons.com/news/articles/SB50001424053111904703704579501514151040266) -- "Low risk can make a high P/E a good deal. If there were such a thing as a risk-free stock, it would be worth more than 40 times earnings, says [Aswath Damodaran](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran), who teaches equity valuation at NYU's Stern School of Business."
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