Domodaran valued Twitter at $18 per share the week before its IPO; the stock was priced at $26 and opened at $46, and he explains he has no obligation to explain what others paid, only to assess the value relative to what he believes it's worth

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Aswath Domodaran

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“And in the week before the IPO, the value that I put was $18... it was priced at $26... when it did open, it opened at $46. And I got a call from somebody saying, how do you explain the $46. And I said, I don't have to. I didn't pay it.”

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Valuation in Four Lessons | Aswath Damodaran | Talks at Google— Talks at Google
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:45:13 AM

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