Whatever, Incorporated, has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 5.76 percent and semiannual payments. The yield to maturity is 6.3 percent and the bond matures in 21 years. What is the market price if the bond has a par value of $1,000?
Question
Whatever, Incorporated, has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 5.76 percent and semiannual payments. The yield to maturity is 6.3 percent and the bond matures in 21 years. What is the market price if the bond has a par value of $1,000?
Solution
To calculate the market price of the bond, we need to calculate the present value of the bond's future cash flows, which consist of semiannual coupon payments and the face value payment at maturity.
Here are the steps:
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First, we need to calculate the semiannual coupon payment. The bond has a coupon rate of 5.76 percent, and it pays semiannually, so each payment is (5.76/2)% of the par value. That's (5.76/2)/100 * 28.8.
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Next, we need to calculate the present value of these semiannual payments. There are 21 years left until maturity, and since the bond pays semiannually, that's 21*2 = 42 periods. The yield to maturity is 6.3 percent per year, but since payments are semiannual, we need to use a semiannual discount rate, which is (6.3/2)% = 3.15%. The present value of the coupon payments is 28.8 * 21.999 = $634.77.
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We also need to calculate the present value of the face value payment at maturity. The face value is 1,000 / (1 + 3.15/100)^42 = 294.98.
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Finally, we add the present value of the coupon payments and the present value of the face value to get the market price of the bond. The market price is 294.98 = $929.75.
So, the market price of the bond is approximately $929.75.
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