Given the following information concerning a convertible bond:
Given the following information concerning a convertible bond:
Principal $1000
Coupon 5%
Maturity 15 years
Call price $1050
Conversion Price $37 (i.e. 27 shares)
Market Price of the
Common stock $32
Market Price of the
Bond $1040
- What is the current yield of this bond?
- What is the value of the bond based on the market price of the common stock?
- What is the value of the common stock based on the market price of the bond?
- What is the premium in terms of stock that the investor pays when he or she purchases the convertible bond instead of the stock?
- Nonconvertible bonds are selling with a yield to maturity of 7%. If this bond lacked the conversion feature, what would the approximate price of the bond be?