Data as of .
BALI vs FEPI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.5%, though BALI returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: BALI scores higher
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A percentile among the 161 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and FEPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BALI | Only in FEPI |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 7.38% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% |
| APPLE 6.04% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% |
| MICROSOFT 5.32% | ALPHABET INC. 8.83% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 3.35% | BROADCOM INC. 8.05% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.46% | TESLA, INC. 7.47% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 2.33% | INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.23% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.21% |
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 dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | FEPI | BALI | FEPI | BALI | FEPI | |
| 3 months | +4.4% | +4.2% | 2.0% | 6.1% | +1.1 pts | +5.0 pts |
| 6 months | +15.0% | +14.6% | 4.7% | 12.1% | −1.0 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +18.9% | +17.1% | 8.5% | 23.4% | +1.4 pts | −5.8 pts |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +67.5% | 29.2% | 66.4% | −8.2 pts | −28.2 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | REX |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.5% | 25.2% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 23.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.5% | −8.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.9% | +17.1% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +17.5% | +23.0% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.4 pts | −5.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1079 days | 1066 days |
BALI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly.
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.8 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or FEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash and FEPI paid 23.4%, so FEPI 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 FEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +18.9% and FEPI returned +17.1% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so BALI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, BALI or FEPI?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and FEPI charges 0.65%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BALI against FEPI, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-fepi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.