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Waller, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue...

Waller, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 16 years to maturity that is quoted at 91 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 10 percent annually.

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The Company’s cost of debt

  • The Company's cost of debt is the Yield to maturity (YTM) of the Bond
  • The Yield to maturity (YTM) of the Bond is the discount rate at which the Bond’s price equals to the present value of the coupon payments plus the present value of the Face Value/Par Value
  • The Yield to maturity of (YTM) of the Bond is the estimated annual rate of return expected by the bondholders for the bond assuming that the they hold the Bonds until it’s maturity period/date.
  • The Yield to maturity of (YTM) of the Bond is calculated using financial calculator as follows (Normally, the YTM is calculated either using EXCEL Functions or by using Financial Calculator)

Variables

Financial Calculator Keys

Figure

Par Value/Face Value of the Bond [$1,000]

FV

1,000

Coupon Amount [$1,000 x 10.00% x ½]

PMT

50

Market Interest Rate or Yield to maturity on the Bond

1/Y

?

Maturity Period/Time to Maturity [16 Years x 2]

N

32

Bond Price/Current Market Price of the Bond

[-$1,000 x 91%]

PV

-910

We need to set the above figures into the financial calculator to find out the Yield to Maturity of the Bond. After entering the above keys in the financial calculator, we get the semi-annual yield to maturity on the bond (1/Y) = 5.61%.

The semi-annual Yield to maturity = 5.61%.

Therefore, the annual Yield to Maturity of the Bond = 11.22% [5.61% x 2]

“Hence, the Waller, Inc Company's cost of debt will be 11.22%”


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