Assignment 4 (Revised) (Answers)
Assignment 4 (Revised) (Answers)
Assignment 4 (Revised) (Answers)
1) Lydic Corporation has bonds on the market with 12.5 years to maturity, a Yield to
Maturity (YTM) of 6.4 percent, a par value of $1,000, and a current price of $1,040.
The bonds make semiannual payments. What must the coupon rate be on these bonds?
FV : $1,000
PV : $1,040
N : 12.5*2 = 25
YTM: 6.4%; Semi-annually = 6.4 / 2 = 3.20%
PV = C/r * (1-1/(1+r)^n) + F/(1+r)^n
1,040 = C / 0.032 * [1 – (1/1.032)^25] + (1000/1.032)^25
C = $33,94
Coupon Rate = r = C/F *2
Coupon Rate = (33,94 / 1,000) *2= 6,8%
2) Mycroft Corp. has a $2,000 par value bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 4.9
percent paid semiannually and 13 years to maturity. The yield to maturity of the bond
is 3.8 percent. What is the dollar price of the bond?
FV: $2,000
Coupon rate: 4.9%
Semiannual coupon payment = (Par value * coupon rate) / 2 = (2000*0.049)/2 = $49
YTM: 3.8%; Semi-annual YTM = 1.9%
C: $49
r: 1.9% = 0.019
T: 13*2= 26
FV: 2,000
Bond Price = C * [(1- 1/(1+r)^n)/r] + F/(1+r)^T
Bond Price= 49 * [(1- 1/(1+0.019)^26)/0.019] + [2,000 /(1+0.019)^26] = $2,225
3) The Faulk Corp. has a bond with a coupon rate of 5.7 percent outstanding. The Gonas
Company has a bond with a coupon rate of 12.3 percent outstanding. Both bonds have
14 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 9 percent. What
are the prices of these bonds? How would you comment by referring to the coupon
rate of these two bonds?
Faulk Corp.:
Coupon rate: 5.7% = 0.057
r: 9% / 2 = 4.5% = 0.045
T: 14*2 = 28
F: $1000
C = (1000*0.057) / 2 = $28.5
Bond Price = C * [(1- 1/(1+r)^n)/r] + F/(1+r)^T
Bond Price = 28.5*[(1- (1/1.045^28) /0.045 +1000/1.04528= (28.5 * 15.744) + 291.579 = $740.28
Gonas Company:
Coupon rate: 12.3% = 0.123
r: 9% / 2 = 4.5% = 0.045
T: 14*2 = 28
FV: $1,000
C= (1,000*0.123) / 2= $61.5
Bond Price= 61.5* [(1- (1/1.045^28) /0.045+ 1,000/1.045^28 = (61.5 * 15.744) + 291.579 = $1.259,83
The Faulk Corp. bond has a lower coupon rate of 5.7 percent compared to the Gonas
Company bond's coupon rate of 12.3 percent. Thus, Faulk Corp. bond pays a lower interest to
bondholders relative to its face value. Although both bonds have the same YTM of 9 percent
we expect lower coupon bond to be more sensitive to interest rate changes compared to higher
coupon bonds.
4) Cuban Corp. will pay a dividend of $3.08 per share next year. The company pledges to
increase its dividend by 4.6 percent per year indefinitely. If you require a return of 11
percent on your investment, how much will you pay for the company’s stock today?
D1= $3.08
R: 11% = 0.11
g: 4.6% = 0.046
PV = 3.08 / (0.11 – 0.046) = $48.125
5) Upton Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at 27 percent for the
next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 4.5 percent thereafter. If
the required return is 10.4 percent and the company just paid a dividend of $2.65, what
is the current share price?
6) Lotharan Corp. has yearly sales of $31.5 million and costs of $17.3 million. The
company’s balance sheet shows debt of $59 million and cash of $21 million. There are
975,000 shares outstanding, and the industry EV/EBITDA multiple is 7.5. What is the
company’s enterprise value? What is the stock price per share?