Gabriele Enterprises has bonds on the market making annual payments, with eleven years to maturity, a par value of $1,000, and selling for $958. At this price, the bonds yield 6.4 percent. What must the coupon rate be on the bonds

Coupon rate on the bonds can be calculated in the following way.

Explanation:

To find the coupon rate of the bond. All we need to do is to set up the bond pricing equation and solve for the coupon payment as follows:

P = $958 = C (PVIFA₆.₄₀%,11) + $1,000 (PVIF₆.₄₀%,11)

Solving for the coupon payment, we get:

C = $58.57

The coupon payment is the coupon rate times par value. Using this relationship, we get:

Coupon rate = $58.57/$1,000

Coupon rate =.0586, or 5.86%

Calculator Solution:

Enter 11 6.40 ±$958 $1000

N l/Y PV PMT FV

$58.57

Coupon rate = $58.57/$1,000

Coupon rate =.0586, or 5.86%