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International Tower Hill Mines (TSX:ITH) has raised fresh capital through recent follow on equity offerings and private placements, including funding from Paulson & Co. Inc. This has put the company’s balance sheet and dilution front and center for investors.

See our latest analysis for International Tower Hill Mines.

Those capital raises have coincided with a sharp swing in trading, with the CA$4.15 share price sitting well above the recent equity issue price and backed by a 62.11% 30 day share price return and a very large 1 year total shareholder return. Together these figures suggest sentiment has been improving rather than fading.

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With the shares now trading around CA$4.15 after equity issued at CA$2.22, the key question is whether the market has moved too far, too fast, or if there is still unpriced future growth left on the table?

Price to Book of 12.6x: Is it justified?

International Tower Hill Mines is currently trading on a P/B of 12.6x compared with a peer average of 9.4x and a Canadian Metals and Mining industry average of 3.8x. This points to a much richer valuation than both its immediate peer group and the wider sector.

The P/B ratio compares the company’s market value to its book value. A higher figure can reflect strong market confidence in the asset base or expectations for future development progress at the Livengood project. For a development stage miner with no revenue and current losses, a premium P/B often means investors are putting a lot of emphasis on the potential of its primary asset rather than its current financials.

Here, that 12.6x P/B stands well above the 9.4x peer average and far above the 3.8x industry average. This suggests the market is pricing International Tower Hill Mines more expensively than many other metals and mining names that also carry asset and execution risk. Without a fair ratio available, there is no internally modelled level that the P/B could move toward. Investors who are sensitive to valuation may want to compare this premium directly with alternatives in the sector.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Result: Price-to-book of 12.6x (OVERVALUED)

However, the company is still loss making, with net income of $4.28m, and relies on equity funding, so any setback at the Livengood project could quickly pressure sentiment.