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SWH Corporation issued bonds on January 1, 2018. The bonds had a coupon rate of 4.5%, with interest paid semiannually. The face value of the bonds is $1,000 and the bonds mature on January 1, 2028. What is the intrinsic value (to the nearest dollar) of an SWH Corporation bond on January 1, 2022 to an investor with a required return of 6%
Intrinsic value is to be calculated on January 1, 2022 and the bond will mature on January 1, 2028
So, Time left to maturity = 2028- 2022
= 6 years
When interest is paid semi-annually, interest rate is divided by 2 and time period is multiplied by 2
So, Interest rate for discounting
= 6 / 2
= 3% per period of 6 months
Time = 6 x 2
= 12 periods each of 6 months
Semi- Annual coupons
= Face Value of bond x Coupon rate x 6 / 12 months
= $1,000 x 4.5% x 6 / 12
= $22.50
Price of a bond is the present value of all future cash flows receivable from the bond discounted at required rate of return
Future cash flows are periodic interest payments and maturity value of the bond
Present value factor
= 1 / ( 1 + Rate of discounting ) ^ Number of periods
So, discounting factor for period 2
= 1 / ( 1.03 ^ 2 )
= 1 / 1.0609
= 0.942596
The following table shows the calculations
Calculations | A | B | C = A x B |
Period | Cash Flow | PV Factor | Present Value |
1 | 22.5 | 0.970874 | 21.84 |
2 | 22.5 | 0.942596 | 21.21 |
3 | 22.5 | 0.915142 | 20.59 |
4 | 22.5 | 0.888487 | 19.99 |
5 | 22.5 | 0.862609 | 19.41 |
6 | 22.5 | 0.837484 | 18.84 |
7 | 22.5 | 0.813092 | 18.29 |
8 | 22.5 | 0.789409 | 17.76 |
9 | 22.5 | 0.766417 | 17.24 |
10 | 22.5 | 0.744094 | 16.74 |
11 | 22.5 | 0.722421 | 16.25 |
12 | 22.5 | 0.701380 | 15.78 |
12 | 1000 | 0.701380 | 701.38 |
Price | 925.34 |
So, as per above calculations, the intrinsic value as on January 1, 2022 will be $ 925.34