Lahore School of Economics Financial Management I Bonds and Their Valuation - 1 Assignment 7
Lahore School of Economics Financial Management I Bonds and Their Valuation - 1 Assignment 7
Lahore School of Economics Financial Management I Bonds and Their Valuation - 1 Assignment 7
Financial Management I
Chapter 7
Bonds and their Valuation – 1
Assignment 7
Examples
1. A bond that matures in 8 years has a par value of $1,000 and an annual coupon payment of $70; its market
interest rate is 9%. What is its price? A bond that matures in 12 years has a par value of $1,000 and an annual
coupon of 10%; the market interest rate is 8%. What is its price? Which of those two bonds is a discount bond, and
which is a premium bond?
2. Halley Enterprises’ bonds currently sell for $975. They have a 7-year maturity, an annual coupon of $90, and a
par value of $1,000. What is their yield to maturity?
3. A bond has a $1,000 par value, 10 years to maturity, and a 7% annual coupon and sells for $985.
a) What is its yield to maturity (YTM)?
b) Assume that the yield to maturity remains constant for the next 3 years. What will the price be 3 years
from today?
4. Last year Joan purchased a $1,000 face value corporate bond with an 11% annual coupon rate and a 10-year
maturity. At the time of the purchase, it had an expected yield to maturity of 9.79%. If Joan sold the bond today for
$1,060.49, what rate of return would she have earned for the past year?
5. Hartwell Corporation’s bonds have a 20-year maturity, an 8% semiannual coupon, and a face value of $1,000.
The going interest rate (rd) is 7% based on semiannual compounding. What is the bond’s price?
6. If you were told that a 15-year bond with a 10% semiannual coupon was selling for $1,523.26, what would be
its YTM?
1. Callaghan Motors’ bonds have 10 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually, they have a $1,000 par
value, the coupon interest rate is 8%, and the yield to maturity is 9%. What is the bond’s current market price?
2. Nungesser Corporation’s outstanding bonds have a $1,000 par value, a 9% annual coupon, 8 years to maturity,
and an 8.5% YTM. What is the bond’s price?
3. A 6-year Circular File bond pays interest of $80 annually and sells for $950.What are its coupon rate and yield
to maturity?
4. Heymann Company bonds have 4 years left to maturity. Interest is paid annually, and the bonds have a $1,000
par value and a coupon rate of 9%. What is the yield to maturity at a current market price of (1) $829 and (2)
$1,104?
5. Nesmith Corporation’s outstanding bonds have a $1,000 par value, an 8% semiannual coupon, 14 years to
maturity, and an 11% YTM. What is the bond’s price?