# Professor Aswath Damodaran shares his thoughts on how the 2019 IPO market will affect companies contemplating a move to go public

1 Faculty News October 27, 2019 ![Fortune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031172.jpg?itok=61CxYB-R)>

Excerpt from [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2019/10/27/unicorn-ipos-2019-uber-lyft-peloton/) -- "[Aswath Damodaran](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran), the so-called dean of valuation and professor of finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, says pricing depends on mood and momentum—and this year, 'the momentum shifted.'”

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