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What is the difference between yield to maturity and the coupon rate? Which stock is better?
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The coupon rate is the rate at which a bond pays a periodic payment to the bond holder. While the yield to maturity is the return that is accrued to the bond investor due to the coupon payment and the final face value of the bond.

For example, if the bond price is 800 and coupon rate is 6% and face value is 1000 and time to maturity is 5 years the,

Coupon = 6%*1000 = 60

The yield to maturity is 11.48% Formula in excel =RATE(5,6%*1000,-800,1000,,)

Since information on stock is not there, it is difficult to comment which is better.

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