Aftermath Silver (OTCPK:AAGF.F) just updated the Mineral Resource Estimate at its Berenguela project in southern Peru, confirming a meaningful increase in silver, copper, and manganese resources that lowers geological risk and supports development plans.
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The resource upgrade and early completion of payments for full Berenguela ownership have clearly caught the market’s eye. Aftermath’s share price has returned 25.78% over the past month and a standout 86.78% year to date, while the 3-year total shareholder return of 159.66% suggests momentum and conviction have been building over time.
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With Berenguela now fully owned, a larger resource base defined, and the share price already surging, the key question is whether investors are still getting in early on long term upside or if the market is already pricing in future growth.
At a last close of $0.63, Aftermath Silver trades on a price to book ratio of 7.8 times, which looks expensive against its US metals and mining peers.
The price to book multiple compares the company’s market value to the accounting value of its net assets, a common yardstick for early stage resource developers with little or no revenue. For Aftermath Silver, the combination of no meaningful sales and ongoing losses suggests investors are paying a premium today for the future development potential of its Chilean and Peruvian projects rather than current profitability.
In that context, the 7.8 times price to book looks modest relative to a peer group average of 13.7 times, which suggests that the market is not applying the very richest exploration stage premium here. However, when you zoom out to the broader US metals and mining industry, where the average price to book is just 2.2 times, Aftermath’s valuation stands out as steep, which indicates that much of the Berenguela upside is already being reflected in the share price.
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
Result: Price to Book of 7.8x (OVERVALUED)
However, lingering exploration risk, zero revenues and ongoing losses mean that any setback at Berenguela or Chilean projects could rapidly deflate today’s optimistic valuation.
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