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A firm issues a 10-year, $1,000 par value bond. The required rate of return is 10%.
1. What is the yield to maturity on a 10-year, 9% annual coupon, $1,000 par value bond that sells for $878.00? Another bond that sells for $1,134.20? What does a bond selling at a discount or at a premium tell you about the relationship between rd and the bond’s coupon rate?
2.What are the total return, the current yield, and the capital gains yield for the discount bond in Question 3 at $878.00? At $1,134.20? (Assume the bond is held to maturity and the company does not default on the bond.)
Q - 1
YTM for the discount bond = RATE (Period, PMT, PV, FV) = RATE (10, 9% x 1000, -878, 1000) = 11.08%
YTM for the premium bond = RATE (Period, PMT, PV, FV) = RATE (10, 9% x 1000, -1134.20, 1000) = 7.08%
A bond selling at a discount will have YTM (rd) > Coupon rate while a bond trading at a premium will have YTM (rd) > the bond’s coupon rate
Q - 2
Total Return = YTM
Current Yield = Annual coupon / Current Price
Capital Gains yield = YTM - Current Yield
For the discount bond in Question 3 at $878.00
Total Return = YTM = 11.08%
Current Yield = Annual coupon / Current Price = 9% x 1000 / 878 = 10.25%
Capital Gains yield = YTM - Current Yield = 11.08% - 10.25% = 0.83%
For the premium bond in Question 3 at At $1,134.20
Total Return = YTM = 7.08%
Current Yield = Annual coupon / Current Price = 9% x 1000 / 1,134.20 = 7.94%
Capital Gains yield = YTM - Current Yield = 7.08% - 7.94% = - 0.85%