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BALI vs SPYI
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and SPYI hold 55% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | SPYI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 7.57% |
| Apple Inc | 6.59% | 6.59% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 4.32% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.52% | 3.65% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 3.28% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 2.61% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 1.92% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 2.80% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 1.85% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.48% | 1.37% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.96% | 0.95% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 0.77% |
| Only in BALI | Only in SPYI |
|---|---|
| United Therapeutics Corp 0.53% | Micron Technology Inc 1.99% |
| CubeSmart 0.47% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.47% |
| Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.46% | Intel Corp 1.01% |
| Cal-Maine Foods Inc 0.41% | Exxon Mobil Corp 0.89% |
| Rithm Capital Corp 0.30% | Applied Materials Inc 0.89% |
| Honeywell International Inc 0.29% | Caterpillar Inc 0.77% |
| Elastic NV 0.25% | KLA Corp 0.61% |
| Omega Healthcare Investors Inc 0.24% | General Electric Co 0.61% |
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 | SPYI | BALI | SPYI | BALI | SPYI | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +5.2% | 2.0% | 3.0% | +1.5 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +11.8% | 4.6% | 6.2% | −0.5 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +17.5% | 8.6% | 12.2% | +1.0 pts | −2.5 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +56.8% | n/a | 37.3% | n/a | −21.2 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +77.8% | 29.2% | 49.2% | −8.4 pts | −26.2 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | SPYI NEOS S&P 500(R) High Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | NEOS |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 12.1% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.68% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 12.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +4.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +17.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −2.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 93% |
| Age | 1072 days | 1466 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.
SPYI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.5 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 12.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 93% 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 SPYI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and SPYI paid 12.2%, so SPYI 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 SPYI?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and SPYI returned +17.5% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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