Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
BALI vs HDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BALI returned +17.6% to HDV's +29.4%, and HDV charges 0.08% to BALI's 0.35%.
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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.6bn for iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and $15.9bn for iShares Core High Dividend ETF.
Pair scorecard
HDV costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points; HDV is 9.9 times larger.
| Measure | BALI | HDV |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +17.6% | +29.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 8.4% | rose 24.9% |
| Latest payout, annualized | 6.1% | |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 0% of the Oct 6, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Benchmark: S&P 500, measured through SPY | Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 4.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.08% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $1.6bn | $15.9bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 13% | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 90% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 55.6% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and HDV hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.
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13% in common
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Side by side
BALI and HDV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.
BALI
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BALI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.0 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
HDV
HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.
Questions people ask
- Are BALI and HDV in the same category?
- BALI is an option-income ETF and HDV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which returned more over the last year, BALI or HDV?
- In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and HDV +29.4%.
- Which is cheaper, BALI or HDV?
- HDV is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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