# Prof. Aswath Damodaran discusses Tesla's stock value

1 Faculty News February 25, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/02/25/the-bear-case-for-tesla/) -- “'This is one of those companies where you do a traditional cash-flow valuation of the business and it is really tough to justify the valuation that they’re at,' [Mr. Damodaran](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran) said in an interview. 'But there are a lot of people who have tried to sell short who are getting steam rolled.'”

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