Data as of .
BALI vs GPIX: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year GPIX paid 8.8% 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 GPIX hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | GPIX |
|---|---|---|
| SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC | 0.39% | 0.34% |
| LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES CLASS A | 0.19% | 0.01% |
| Only in BALI | Only in GPIX |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 7.38% | NVIDIA CORP 7.33% |
| APPLE 6.04% | APPLE INC 6.47% |
| MICROSOFT 5.32% | ALPHABET INC 4.37% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 3.35% | MICROSOFT CORP 3.90% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52% | AMAZON.COM INC 3.39% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.46% | BROADCOM INC 2.80% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 2.33% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.23% | TESLA INC 1.89% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | GPIX | BALI | GPIX | BALI | GPIX | |
| 3 months | +4.4% | +3.4% | 2.0% | 2.1% | +1.1 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | +15.0% | +14.6% | 4.7% | 4.6% | −1.0 pts | −1.4 pts |
| 1 year | +18.9% | +17.5% | 8.5% | 8.8% | +1.4 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +80.5% | 29.2% | 30.5% | −8.2 pts | −11.2 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Goldman Sachs |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.5% | 8.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.29% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.5% | +7.9% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.9% | +17.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.4 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1079 days | 1051 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.
GPIX in plain words
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or GPIX?
- Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.8%, so GPIX 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 GPIX?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +18.9% and GPIX returned +17.5% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so BALI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, BALI or GPIX?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX 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 GPIX, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-gpix Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.