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BALI vs IVVW: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% 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 $349m on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF.

At a glance
8.4%
BALI cash paid, 1 year
17.5%
IVVW cash paid, 1 year
+17.6%
BALI total return, 1 year
+14.8%
IVVW 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.
IVVW · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
IVVW
+14.8%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% as cash

about even with SPY

17.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IVVW costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; BALI is 4.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs IVVW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIIVVW
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+14.8%
Price change, 1 yearrose 8.4%fell 4.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.25%
Net assets$1.6bn$349m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BALI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score88.3BALI47.6IVVW

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

Risk and return

Mar 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 136 weekly returns · each against SPY
BALI IVVW
Return
Total return edge BALI +46.3% +37.2%
Annualized edge BALI +15.6% +12.9%
Price return edge BALI +18.4% −11.7%
Risk
Volatility edge IVVW 12.5% 10.0%
Max drawdown edge Tie −15.3% −15.0%
Downside capture 87.2% 62.0%
Beta 0.85 0.63
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BALI (slight) 0.88 0.83
Sortino edge BALI 1.33 1.16
Treynor 0.130 0.133
Calmar edge BALI 1.02 0.86
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year +0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.57 0.28
Information ratio −0.35 −0.55
Tracking error 3.0% 6.9%
Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, BALI returned more: +46.3% to +37.2%. IVVW swung less: 10.0% to 12.5%. BALI and IVVW fell about the same at their worst: −15.3% and −15.0%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: BALI vs IVVW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIIVVWSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+46.3%+37.2%BALIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+15.6%+12.9%BALITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+18.4%−11.7%BALIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.5%10.0%IVVWSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.3%7.1%IVVWLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.3%−15.0%TieDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture81.1%51.5%100.0%BALIShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture87.2%62.0%100.0%IVVWShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.631.00IVVW lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.970.821.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.880.83BALI (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.331.16BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1300.1330.121IVVW (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.020.86BALIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year+0.7% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.570.28Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.8% to +3.4%−4.5% to +6.0%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.35−0.55BALIReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.0%6.9%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and IVVW hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI IVVW
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BALI
NVIDIA 6.95%
APPLE 6.17%
MICROSOFT 5.46%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.33%
BROADCOM INC 2.12%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.93%
Only in IVVW
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.36%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 0.00%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 -0.03%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7699.92 -0.18%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7655.87 -0.29%
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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly IVVW iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 15.7%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 17.5%
Price change, 1 year +8.4% −4.1%
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +14.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +2.8 pts 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 84% 49%
Age 3.1 years 2.6 years
Net assets, BALI as of Nov 3, 2026 and IVVW as of Nov 4, 2026 $1.5bn $349m

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 IVVW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALIIVVWBALIIVVWBALIIVVW
3 months0.0%+2.0%1.7%3.9%+0.1 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+6.5%+8.0%3.7%7.8%+1.4 pts+3.0 pts
1 year+17.6%+14.8%8.4%17.5%+2.8 pts0.0 pts
3 years+74.1%–29.6%–−8.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · IVVW Mar 2024+77.2%+40.5%30.6%42.6%−8.4 pts−14.4 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.

IVVW

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 49% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or IVVW?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and IVVW paid 17.5%, so IVVW 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 IVVW?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and IVVW +14.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or IVVW?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and IVVW charges 0.25%, so IVVW 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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