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BALI vs JEPQ
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and JEPQ hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | JEPQ |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 6.68% |
| Apple Inc | 6.59% | 5.83% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 3.90% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.52% | 3.67% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 2.38% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 5.05% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 2.16% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 1.79% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 2.39% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 1.25% | 1.34% |
| Texas Instruments Inc | 0.96% | 0.85% |
| Netflix Inc | 0.81% | 1.22% |
| Only in BALI | Only in JEPQ |
|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc 3.73% | Micron Technology, Inc. 5.58% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.87% |
| Home Depot Inc/The 1.52% | Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.93% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.48% | Intel Corp. 1.62% |
| Pfizer Inc 1.35% | Applied Materials, Inc. 1.31% |
| CME Group Inc 1.25% | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.19% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc 1.17% | Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. 1.14% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.15% | Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.14% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | JEPQ | BALI | JEPQ | BALI | JEPQ | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +5.2% | 2.0% | 3.4% | +1.5 pts | +3.1 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +12.2% | 4.6% | 6.6% | −0.5 pts | −8.0 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +20.7% | 8.6% | 12.2% | +1.0 pts | −4.9 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +70.7% | n/a | 36.9% | n/a | −22.8 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +90.5% | 29.2% | 49.2% | −8.4 pts | −33.5 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 13.7% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 12.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +7.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +20.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −4.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 1584 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.
JEPQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 12.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 13.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or JEPQ?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 12.2%, so JEPQ 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 JEPQ?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and JEPQ returned +20.7% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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