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BALI vs BIGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.4%, though BALI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $1.5bn for iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and $31m for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF.

At a glance
8.4%
BALI cash paid, 1 year
13.1%
BIGY cash paid, 1 year
+17.6%
BALI total return, 1 year
+7.4%
BIGY total return, 1 year
BALI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.8 pts ahead of SPY
BALI
+17.6%
SPY
+14.8%

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

BALI over 1 year: paid 8.4%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +14.8%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BALI

+17.6%

8.4% of it arrived as cash

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

BALI over 1 year: paid 8.4%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +14.8%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BALI

+17.6%

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BALI over 1 year: paid 8.4%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +14.8%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
BIGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind SPY
BIGY
+7.4%
SPY
+14.8%

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

13.1% of it arrived as cash

7.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

7.4 pts behind SPY

13.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALI costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points; BALI is far larger, $1.5bn against $31m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs BIGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIBIGY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+7.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 8.4%fell 6.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.09%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$1.5bn$31m
Holdings
Holdings in common53%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BALI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score88.3BALI38BIGY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

53%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and BIGY hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

53% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI BIGY
NVIDIA 6.95% 7.62%
APPLE 6.17% 9.15%
MICROSOFT 5.46% 9.51%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.33% 6.70%
BROADCOM INC 2.12% 3.57%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09% 7.37%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.88% 2.92%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.93% 1.66%
VISA CLASS A 1.66% 1.92%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.63% 3.69%
ELI LILLY 1.37% 3.14%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.29% 2.05%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BALI
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95%
PFIZER 1.28%
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CLASS B 1.27%
TJX 1.23%
LOCKHEED MARTIN 1.01%
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0.99%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.95%
WEC ENERGY GROUP 0.88%
Only in BIGY
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%
Walmart Inc 2.45%
Johnson & Johnson 1.59%
Mastercard Inc 1.39%
Coca-Cola Co 0.97%
Home Depot Inc 0.84%
GE AEROSPACE 0.80%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.77%
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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 11.9%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.09%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 13.1%
Price change, 1 year +8.4% −6.1%
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +7.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +2.8 pts −7.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 84% 29%
Age 3.1 years 2.0 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.5bn $31m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: BALI vs BIGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALIBIGYBALIBIGYBALIBIGY
3 months0.0%−1.2%1.7%3.0%+0.1 pts−1.1 pts
6 months+6.5%+2.1%3.7%6.4%+1.4 pts−2.9 pts
1 year+17.6%+7.4%8.4%13.1%+2.8 pts−7.4 pts
3 years+74.1%–29.6%–−8.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · BIGY Nov 2024+77.2%+26.8%30.6%23.9%−8.4 pts−5.3 pts

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About each fund
BALI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 84% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

BIGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or BIGY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and BIGY paid 13.1%, so BIGY 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 BIGY?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and BIGY +7.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or BIGY?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and BIGY charges 1.09%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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