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BALI vs QYLD
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and QYLD hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | QYLD |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 8.56% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 5.34% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 3.95% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 3.18% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 3.66% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 3.14% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 3.49% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 3.36% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 1.25% | 1.76% |
| T-Mobile US Inc | 0.98% | 1.05% |
| Texas Instruments Inc | 0.96% | 1.24% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc | 0.84% | 1.55% |
| Only in BALI | Only in QYLD |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc 6.59% | APPLE INC. 7.03% |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.52% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.02% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.83% |
| Home Depot Inc/The 1.52% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.81% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.48% | INTEL CORPORATION 2.30% |
| Pfizer Inc 1.35% | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.52% |
| CME Group Inc 1.25% | LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.13% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc 1.17% | KLA CORPORATION 1.12% |
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 | QYLD | BALI | QYLD | BALI | QYLD | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +6.3% | 2.0% | 3.1% | +1.5 pts | +4.2 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +11.7% | 4.6% | 6.2% | −0.5 pts | −8.4 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +23.5% | 8.6% | 12.7% | +1.0 pts | −2.1 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +51.5% | n/a | 36.7% | n/a | −42.0 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +195.3% | 29.2% | 116.0% | −8.4 pts | −644.5 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Global X |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 11.9% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 12.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +9.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +23.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 1072 days | 4649 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.
QYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 11.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 QYLD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.7%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and QYLD returned +23.5% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so QYLD returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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