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BALI vs MSFO
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and MSFO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BALI | Only in MSFO |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 7.90% | TREASURY BILL 32.44% |
| NVIDIA Corp 7.73% | TREASURY BILL 31.42% |
| Apple Inc 6.59% | TREASURY BILL 14.95% |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.52% | TREASURY BILL 12.47% |
| Alphabet Inc 3.73% | TREASURY BILL 8.72% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 2.05% | |
| Alphabet Inc 2.02% | |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | MSFO | BALI | MSFO | BALI | MSFO | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +16.0% | 2.0% | 11.2% | +1.5 pts | −4.2 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +18.9% | 4.6% | 20.6% | −0.5 pts | −3.8 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +0.3% | 8.6% | 27.9% | +1.0 pts | +1.1 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +51.3% | n/a | 78.8% | n/a | −2.1 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +55.5% | 29.2% | 81.0% | −8.4 pts | −2.8 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | MSFO YieldMax(R) MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Microsoft (MSFT) |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 41.2% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.03% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 27.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | −30.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +0.3% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | −0.8% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | +1.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 95% |
| Age | 1072 days | 1106 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.
MSFO in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, MSFO paid 27.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 30.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. Microsoft (MSFT) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 41.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 95% 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).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or MSFO?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and MSFO paid 27.9%, so MSFO 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 MSFO?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and MSFO returned +0.3% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BALI against MSFO, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/BALI-MSFO.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.