Bond Yield to Maturity - Debt Financing
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Tidewater Home Health Cae, Inc. has a bond issue outstanding with eight years remaining to maturity, a coupon rate of 10 percent with interest paid annually, and a par value of $1,000. The current market price of the bond is $1,251.22.
a. What is the bond's yield to maturity?
b. Now, assume that the bond has semiannual coupon payments. What is its yield to maturity in this situation?
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The solution calculates yield to maturity for a bond with annual and semi-annual coupon payments.
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Tidewater Home Health Cae, Inc. has a bond issue outstanding with eight years remaining to maturity, a coupon rate of 10 percent with interest paid annually, and a par value of $1,000. The current market price of the bond is $1,251.22.
a. What is the bond's yield to maturity?
Yield to maturity
Yield to maturity can be calculated using Excel worksheet function RATE
Data
No of years to maturity= 8
Coupon rate= 10.00%
Face (Par) value= $1,000
Frequency ...
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