Question

Mudvayne, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 11 years to maturity that is quoted at 104 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 4 percent annually. What is the company’s pretax cost of debt?

Answer 1

3.56%

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we use the Rate formula which is shown in the spreadsheet.

The NPER represents the time period.

Given that,

NPER = 11 × 2 = 22 years

Present value = $1,000 × 104% = $1,040

Future value = $1,000

PMT = 1,000 × 4% × (6 months ÷ 12 months) = $20

The formula is shown below:

= Rate(NPER;PMT;-PV;FV;type)

The present value come in negative

So, after solving this, the answer would be 3.56% ( 1.78 × 2)