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BALI vs JEPI
iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 7.8% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 8.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +0.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +9.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −10.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 2297 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.
JEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.7 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or JEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so BALI 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 JEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and JEPI returned +9.2% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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