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BALI vs DJIA: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.4%, though BALI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $1.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF, and $191m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
8.4%
BALI cash paid, 1 year
10.1%
DJIA cash paid, 1 year
+17.6%
BALI total return, 1 year
+13.9%
DJIA 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.
DJIA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind DIA
DJIA
+13.9%
DIA
+14.9%

1 pt behind DIA

DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DJIA

+13.9%

10.1% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind DIA

DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DJIA

+13.9%

10.1% cash

1 pt behind DIA

10.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.6%. DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALI costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; BALI is 7.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs DJIA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIDJIA
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+13.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 8.4%rose 2.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment70% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYDow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIA
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 2.8 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$1.5bn$191m
Holdings
Holdings in common28%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BALI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score88.3BALI74.6DJIA

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

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 160 weekly returns
BALI DJIA
Return
Total return edge BALI +75.1% +42.7%
Annualized edge BALI +20.0% +12.2%
Price return edge BALI +36.9% +5.7%
Risk
Volatility edge DJIA 12.3% 8.9%
Max drawdown edge DJIA −15.3% −10.8%
Downside capture 86.7% 63.6%
Beta 0.85 0.60
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BALI 1.18 0.84
Sortino edge BALI 1.83 1.19
Treynor 0.171 0.065
Calmar edge BALI 1.31 1.13
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year −0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.66 −0.31
Information ratio −0.54 −0.50
Tracking error 3.0% 7.8%

Each against its own benchmark: BALI against SPY, Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; DJIA against DIA, Mar 4, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Oct 2023 to Oct 2026, BALI returned more: +75.1% to +42.7%. DJIA swung less: 8.9% to 12.3%. DJIA fell less at its worst: −10.8% to −15.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: BALI vs DJIA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIDJIAEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+75.1%+42.7%BALIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+20.0%+12.2%BALITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+36.9%+5.7%BALIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.3%8.9%DJIASpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.9%6.3%DJIALike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.3%−10.8%DJIADeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture81.0%47.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.7%63.6%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.60Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.970.74Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.180.84BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.831.19BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1710.065Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.311.13BALIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYDIAThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year−0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.66−0.31Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.6% to +3.2%−5.4% to +3.9%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.54−0.50Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.0%7.8%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 160 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and DJIA hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

28% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI DJIA
MICROSOFT 5.46% 5.33%
APPLE 6.17% 3.54%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.33% 3.11%
NVIDIA 6.95% 2.30%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09% 4.08%
CHEVRON 1.81% 2.26%
VISA CLASS A 1.66% 4.20%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.65% 1.66%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.19% 4.03%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.07% 4.75%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.95% 1.33%
MERCK & CO INC 0.94% 1.49%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BALI
BROADCOM INC 2.12%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.93%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.88%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.78%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.63%
ELI LILLY 1.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.29%
Only in DJIA
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 11.67%
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 3.91%
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY 3.85%
THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 3.81%
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION 3.10%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.94%
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION 2.79%
THE BOEING COMPANY 2.48%
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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly DJIA Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on DIA, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 8.2%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 10.1%
Price change, 1 year +8.4% +2.9%
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +13.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.9%
Ahead or behind +2.8 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 84% 70%
Age 3.1 years 4.7 years
Net assets, BALI as of Nov 3, 2026 and DJIA as of Oct 12, 2026 $1.5bn $191m

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 DJIA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALIDJIABALIDJIABALIDJIA
3 months0.0%+1.4%1.7%1.7%+0.1 pts+2.8 pts
6 months+6.5%+8.7%3.7%3.7%+1.4 pts+1.2 pts
1 year+17.6%+13.9%8.4%10.1%+2.8 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+74.1%+41.7%29.6%30.4%−8.8 pts−22.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · DJIA Feb 2022+77.2%+46.0%30.6%40.8%−8.4 pts−27.9 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.

DJIA

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 70% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or DJIA?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and DJIA paid 10.1%, so DJIA 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 DJIA?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and DJIA +13.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or DJIA?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and DJIA charges 0.60%, 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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