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OID is a pricing adjustment that allows to adjust the yield of a security by lower what investors pay for it.

For example, to deliver a 2% over 1 year, you can:

  • issue at a price of 100 that pays a 2% coupon
  • issue at 99 OID and pay a coupon of 1
  • issue at 98 and pay no coupon
  • issue at 101 and pay 3% coupon (this one is unlikely)

In practice it is used:

  • to adjust pricing
  • when banks have underwritten financing and are eating in their flex. Instead of issuing securities that pay 12% coupon, you issue at an OID.

The other benefit for an investor is that this discount generates the same return whatever the maturity of the instrument is. So if it’s a 7 year note callable after 3 years, if it’s issued at 100 the return after 3 years is only 21 (3x7).

To deliver the same yield over 7 years by paying 5% coupon, the OID would need to be 89. If the notes are called at pr (100) the return to the investor is 100 (par) + 3x5 (coupon) - 89 (prixe paid) = 26. 5 above the case where the notes are issued at par.

So OID can be used to make the instrument more attractive

 

Thanks for your answer. What is “eating in their flex?”

and how did you get 3x7 in your example?

 

Lower OID = more yield enchantment

More extreme scenario: 90 OID, 12 month maturity, and 10% rate

You’d accrete to par and earn interest within a year. Making for yield of 21-22% depending interest frequency. This would be more of a bridge financing loan and require equity like returns thus the lower OID.

Have seen some examples of more “sweetener” or 3% discount to filling X% of the book.

 

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