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APLY vs BALI
YieldMax(R) AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF and iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| APLY YieldMax(R) AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF | BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | iShares |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | Apple (AAPL) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 26.2% | 7.4% |
| Expense ratio | 1.04% | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 30.9% | 8.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | −14.8% | +11.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.6% | +20.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +33.9% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | −15.3 pts | +1.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 92% | not published |
| Age | 1235 days | 1072 days |
APLY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, APLY paid 30.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. Apple (AAPL) returned +33.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 26.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
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.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, APLY or BALI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, APLY paid 30.9% of its starting price in cash and BALI paid 8.6%, so APLY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, APLY or BALI?
- With every distribution reinvested, APLY returned +18.6% and BALI returned +20.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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