Current Yield for Annual Payments
Heath Food Corporation’s bonds have 21 years remaining to maturity. The bonds have a face value of $1,000 and a yield to maturity of 11%. They pay interest annually and have a 7% coupon rate. What is their current yield? Round your answer to two decimal places.
Given that the coupon rate=7% and face value=$1000, so annual
coupon payment=Face value*Coupon rate=$1000*7%=$70
Yield to maturity (YTM)=11%
Years to maturity or the number of periods=21
As the present value is a cash outflow, it is shown with a
negative sign in excel.
So, using excel, we get the present value of the bond=$677
Current yield=Annual coupon/Current bond price
=$70/$677
=0.103397341 or 10.34% (Rounded to two decimal places)
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