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BALI vs GPIX
iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF and Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Goldman Sachs |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 8.5% |
| Expense ratio | not published | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 8.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +9.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +19.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −0.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 1044 days |
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.
GPIX in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 8.5%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or GPIX?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.9%, so GPIX paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, BALI or GPIX?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and GPIX returned +19.5% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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