Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
BALI vs QQQ
iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and QQQ hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | QQQ |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 8.16% |
| Apple Inc | 6.59% | 7.29% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 5.32% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.52% | 4.62% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 3.52% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 2.97% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 3.26% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 2.48% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 3.37% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 3.46% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 1.25% | 2.09% |
| Texas Instruments Inc | 0.96% | 1.22% |
| Only in BALI | Only in QQQ |
|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% | Micron Technology, Inc. 4.80% |
| Home Depot Inc/The 1.52% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.70% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.48% | Intel Corp. 2.52% |
| Pfizer Inc 1.35% | Applied Materials, Inc. 1.57% |
| CME Group Inc 1.25% | KLA Corp. 1.11% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc 1.17% | Sandisk Corp. 1.10% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.15% | Linde PLC 1.01% |
| AbbVie Inc 1.14% | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.01% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | iShares | Invesco |
| What it is | covered call, vs SPY | Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +25.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +1.0 pts | +5.6 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.18% |
| Holdings | n/a | 101 |
BALI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.4%, paid monthly.
QQQ in plain words
QQQ is a index equity fund tracking Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 47.5%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 4, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BALI or QQQ?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and QQQ returned +25.6%, so QQQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Are BALI and QQQ the same kind of fund?
- No. BALI is an option-income ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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