# In an in-depth interview, Professor Aswath Damodaran offers insights on how to evaluate different tech companies as investments, citing Tesla as an example

1 Faculty News December 13, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from the [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/business/tech-stocks-together.html) -- "Will Tesla become profitable enough to justify its current price? Professor Damodaran believes its shares are grossly overvalued. 'But it’s hard to know with a young company,' he conceded, adding that Tesla is 'a risky proposition but not an impossible one.'"

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