Question

Wesimann Co. Issued 13-year bonds a year ago at a coupon rate of 7.3 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments and have a par value of $1,000. If the YTM on these bonds is 5.6 percent, what is the current bond price?

Answer 1

Current Bond price = $1155.5116

Explanation:

We are given;

Face value; F = $1,000

Coupon payment;C = (7.3% x 1,000)/2 = 36.5 (divided by 2 because of semi annual payments)

Yield to maturity(YTM); r = 5.6%/2 = 2.8% = 0.028 (divided by 2 because of semi annual payments)

Time period;n = 13 x 2 = 26 years (multiplied by 2 because of semi annual payments)

Formula for bond price is;

Bond price = [C × [((1 + r)ⁿ - 1)/(r(r + 1)ⁿ)] + [F/(1 + r)ⁿ]

Plugging in the relevant values, we have;

Bond price = [36.5 × [((1 + 0.028)^(26) - 1)/(0.028(0.028 + 1)^(26))] + [1000/(1 + 0.028)^(26)]

Bond price = (36.5 × 18.2954) + (487.7295)

Bond price = $1155.5116