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BALI vs QQQI
iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF and NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | NEOS |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 14.3% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.68% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 14.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +3.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +18.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 98% |
| Age | 1072 days | 948 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.
QQQI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QQQI paid 14.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 14.3%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 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 QQQI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 14.4%, so QQQI 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 QQQI?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and QQQI returned +18.7% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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