Telstra is selling 5 year bonds at a face value of $1,000,000 which pay a semi-annual coupon of 6% p.a.
You require a yield-to-maturity (YTM) of 7% p.a. on Telstra's bonds, what price are you willing to pay for each Telstra bond?
We need to calculate the current price of this bond. Price of bond is the present value of all cashflows associated with the bond - coupons and maturity amount.
It is given by the mathematical relation:
where C is the coupon, n is the number of periods, i is the YTM and n is the number of periods.
For the bond in question,
Coupon, C = $60000 (annual) --> $30000 (semi-annual)
Number of periods, n = 5 years --> 10 semi-annual periods
YTM = 7% (Annual) --> 3.5% (Semi-annual)
Maturity Value, M = $1,000,000
Substituting all values in the mathematical relation above:
P = $249,498.16 + 708,918.81
Hence, price = $958,416.97
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