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BALI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.3% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.6bn for iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and $217m for YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
8.3%
BALI cash paid, 1 year
39.5%
GOOY cash paid, 1 year
+17.6%
BALI total return, 1 year
+18.0%
GOOY total return, 1 year
BALI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 4 pts ahead of SPY
BALI
+17.6%
SPY
+13.6%

4 pts ahead of SPY

BALI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +13.6%, +4.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

BALI

+17.6%

8.3% of it arrived as cash

4 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4 pts ahead of SPY

BALI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +13.6%, +4.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

BALI

+17.6%

4 pts ahead of SPY

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BALI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +13.6%, +4.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
GOOY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.8 pts behind GOOGL
GOOY
+18.0%
GOOGL
+21.8%

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% of it arrived as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

39.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALI costs 0.79 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; BALI is 7.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIGOOY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+18.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 8.4%fell 20.9%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYAlphabet (GOOGL)
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 4.0 ptsbehind by 3.8 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.14%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$1.6bn$217m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BALI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

BALI among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

IQ Income Score92.4BALI81.8GOOY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

BALI 92.4
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

GOOY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

GOOY 81.8
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. GOOY is a percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 159 weekly returns
BALI GOOY
Return
Total return edge BALI (slight) +76.2% +69.5%
Annualized edge BALI (slight) +20.3% +18.8%
Price return edge BALI +37.8% −45.1%
Risk
Volatility edge BALI 12.3% 24.8%
Max drawdown edge BALI −15.3% −23.6%
Downside capture 86.6% 91.0%
Beta 0.85 0.77
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BALI 1.21 0.64
Sortino edge BALI 1.87 0.95
Treynor 0.174 0.212
Calmar edge BALI 1.33 0.80
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.9% a year −5.9% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.71 −1.78
Information ratio −0.53 −1.36
Tracking error 3.0% 9.2%

Each against its own benchmark: BALI against SPY, Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; GOOY against GOOGL, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

BALI returned slightly more: +76.2% to +69.5%. BALI swung less: 12.3% to 24.8%. BALI fell less at its worst: −15.3% to −23.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: BALI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIGOOYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+76.2%+69.5%BALI (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+20.3%+18.8%BALI (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return+37.8%−45.1%BALIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.3%24.8%BALISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.9%16.8%BALILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.3%−23.6%BALIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture81.0%57.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.6%91.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.77Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.970.94Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.210.64BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.870.95BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1740.212Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.330.80BALIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYGOOGLThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.9% a year−5.9% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.71−1.78Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.5% to +3.3%−12.5% to +0.6%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.53−1.36Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.0%9.2%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 159 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and GOOY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI GOOY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BALI
NVIDIA 7.15%
APPLE 6.30%
MICROSOFT 5.42%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.28%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.33%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.16%
BROADCOM INC 2.14%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.91%
Only in GOOY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.18%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 9.66%
GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 C 3.95%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C335 1.38%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C337.5 0.50%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C327.5 -1.24%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C325 -1.50%
GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 P -5.02%
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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly GOOY YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Alphabet (GOOGL)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 6.1% 26.4%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.14%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 39.5%
Price change, 1 year +8.4% −20.9%
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +18.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +21.8%
Ahead or behind +4.0 pts −3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% not published
Age 3.1 years 3.3 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.6bn $217m

As of Oct 28, 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 GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALIGOOYBALIGOOYBALIGOOY
3 months+5.9%−1.2%1.7%7.2%−0.3 pts+2.3 pts
6 months+10.4%−6.2%3.9%18.0%+1.3 pts+0.8 pts
1 year+17.6%+18.0%8.3%39.5%+4.0 pts−3.8 pts
3 years+85.1%+88.3%30.9%89.5%−9.9 pts−80.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · GOOY Jul 2023+78.9%+75.1%29.9%83.8%−8.0 pts−72.3 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-10AB383F6B

BALI and GOOY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. BALI paid 8.3% and GOOY 39.5% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 31.2 points.
  2. What each is measured against. BALI is measured against S&P 500 through SPY and GOOY against Alphabet (GOOGL).
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
BALI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BALI paid 8.3% 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 +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.0 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

GOOY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or GOOY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BALI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and GOOY paid 39.5%, so GOOY 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 GOOY?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and GOOY +18.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or GOOY?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and GOOY charges 1.14%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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