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BALI vs XYLD
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and XYLD hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | XYLD |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 7.85% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 4.90% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 3.63% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 2.17% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 2.89% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 3.20% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 1.74% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.48% | 1.37% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 0.94% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.96% | 0.90% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp | 0.80% | 0.73% |
| Mastercard Inc | 0.74% | 0.66% |
| Only in BALI | Only in XYLD |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc 6.59% | APPLE INC. 6.45% |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.52% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.19% |
| Bank of America Corp 1.02% | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.41% |
| Medtronic PLC 0.83% | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 1.04% |
| Amphenol Corp 0.76% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.94% |
| AMETEK Inc 0.70% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.94% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.65% | INTEL CORPORATION 0.72% |
| United Therapeutics Corp 0.53% | CATERPILLAR INC. 0.67% |
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 | XYLD | BALI | XYLD | BALI | XYLD | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +5.7% | 2.0% | 2.6% | +1.5 pts | +0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +9.5% | 4.6% | 5.5% | −0.5 pts | −5.5 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +18.6% | 8.6% | 11.1% | +1.0 pts | −4.1 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +43.7% | n/a | 33.0% | n/a | −33.1 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +191.1% | 29.2% | 112.9% | −8.4 pts | −137.7 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Global X |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | All-country world (ACWI) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 9.0% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 11.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +6.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +18.6% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +22.7% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −4.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 93% |
| Age | 1072 days | 4820 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.
XYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, XYLD paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. All-country world (ACWI) returned +22.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 9.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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 XYLD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 11.1%, so XYLD 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 XYLD?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and XYLD returned +18.6% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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