Question

A company is trying to estimate the cost of debt for a new project. For their estimate, they will find the yield to maturity on existing company bonds. They have one outstanding bond issue at the moment that will mature in 15.00 years. The bond pays an annual coupon of 9.00%, with a face value of $1,000. The bond currently trades at 92.00% of face value. What is the yield to maturity on the existing debt

Answer 1

Yield to maturity =9.9%

Step-by-step explanation:

The yield to maturity is the return on debt expressed in percentage. It can be used to worked as follows using the formula below

YTM =( C + F-P/n) ÷ ( 1/2× (F+P))

C- annual coupon,

F- face value ,

P- current price,

n- number of years to maturity

YM - Yield to maturity

C- 9%× 1000 =90 , P- 92×1000= 920, F- 1000

AYM = 90 + (1000-920)/15 ÷ 1/2× (1000+920)

= 95.33 ÷ 960

Yield to maturity =9.9%