Unit 4
Unit 4
Unit 4
Dr Suresha B
School of Business and Management
Unit Outline
● Introduction to the Valuation of Debt Securities
● Steps in the bond valuation process,
● Difficulties in estimating the expected cash flows;
● Valuation of coupon and zero-coupon bonds;
● Changes in price of a bond if the discount rate changes and/ or maturity approaches;
arbitrage-free valuation approach and
● Possibility of arbitrage profit ,if a bond is mispriced.
● Bonds and their variants such as loan notes, debentures and loan stock, are IOUs issued by
governments and corporations as a means of raising finance.
● As with any asset valuation, the investor would be willing to pay, at the most, the present value
of the future income stream discounted at the required rate of return (or yield).
● Valuation of debt securities follow the time value of money principle on its cash flow.
● Estimating cash flows and determining the key rates are critical point of valuations
● Concept of PV, Future value, YTM, YTC and Holding period yield is important for valuation
based decisions.
Since a bond pays periodic coupon payments and a lump sum (par value) at maturity, its
price is best calculated by using the following steps:
● Step 1. Lay out the cash flows on a time line;
● Step 2. Determine an appropriate discount rate (yield to maturity);
● Step 3. Calculate the present value of the coupons and the par value;
● Step 4. Add up the two present values to calculate the bond price.
Vn = R1(1+i)^n-1 + R2(1+i)^n-2 + ……
What is maturity/redemption value of Rs.25,00,000 invested now for a period of
5 years in a Bond at 8% coupon?
Ans: FV:36,73,320
If given a choice between annual and semi-annual compounding which one you
choose and why?
FV: Rs.37,00,611
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Farhana has deposited funds in a building society 1-year fixed rate account with
interest quoted at 5%, payable in semi-annual instalments. What is the effective rate
that she earns at the end of the period?
Hint: 5.062%
Rupert is quoted a nominal interest rate of 6.40% for a 1-year time deposit where the
interest is credited at maturity. What is the equivalent rate for the same building
society’s 1-year account that pays interest on a monthly basis?
Hint: 6.59%
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0 1 2 n
r
...
Value CF1 CF2 CFn
CF 1 CF 2 CF n
PV = + + . .. + .
1 + r 1
1 + r 2
1 + r n
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJLR3se4Pa4
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10%
...
V=? 100 100 100 + 1,000
PV annuity = 614.46
PV maturity value = 385.54
Value of bond = 1,000.00
INPUTS
10 10 100 1000
N I/YR PV PMT FV
OUTPUT -1,000
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INPUTS
10 13 100 1000
N I/YR PV PMT FV
OUTPUT -837.21
INPUTS
10 7 100 1000
N I/YR PV PMT FV
OUTPUT -1,210.71
If coupon rate > rd, price rises above par, and bond
sells at a premium.
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1,000
rd = 10%. M
837
rd = 13%.
775
30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Some bonds do not make any periodic coupon payments. Instead the investor
realizes interest rate as the difference between the maturity value and the
purchase price. These are known as Zero Coupon bonds. The Price of ZCB is
calculated as follows
M
P = ______
(1+r)^n
In calculating the PV of ZCB double the number of years to
maturity and divide the discount rate by 2.
Valuing Zero Coupon Bonds
What is the current market price of a U.S. Treasury strip that matures in exactly 5 years
and has a face value of $1,000. The yield to maturity is rd=7.5%. If the Rd moves to
7.75% what would be the price?
1000
5 = $696 .56
1.075
1000
5 = $688 .51
1.0775
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CHRIST
Deemed to be University
End of Unit 5