An operating cycle refers to the amount of time it will take a company to produce or purchase goods, sell them and receive cash for the goods.
A Commercial airplane manufacturer might have an operating cycle longer than a year as it takes time to manufacture planes and then to sell them due to their high prices and even at that with the huge amounts involved, the payments might not come all at once.
When the YTM is lower than the bond's coupon rate, the bond's market value exceeds its par value (premium bond). Bonds are selling at a discount if their coupon rate is smaller than their YTM. A bond is trading at par if its coupon rate is equal to its yield to maturity (YTM).
<h3>What is the cost of a $1,000 par value, three year, zero-coupon bond?</h3>
(a) A three-year zero-coupon bond with a face value of $1,000 would have a present value (or price) of 874.69 with a yield of 4.564 percent.
<h3>What is the yield to maturity on a discount bond with a $1000 face value that will mature in a year and sell for $800?</h3>
The yield to maturity is determined using the following formula with the current price of $800: 800 = 1000 / (yield to maturity plus one) Yield to maturity Equals 1 plus yield. Yield until maturity equals 25%