Data as of .
BALI vs JEPI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year BALI paid 8.5% of its price in cash against JEPI’s 8.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: BALI scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
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 JEPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BALI | Only in JEPI |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 7.38% | AbbVie, Inc. 1.74% |
| APPLE 6.04% | Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 1.70% |
| MICROSOFT 5.32% | Johnson & Johnson 1.68% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 3.35% | Eaton Corp. plc 1.64% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52% | Trane Technologies plc 1.62% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.46% | Lam Research Corp. 1.57% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 2.33% | Apple, Inc. 1.53% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.23% | NVIDIA Corp. 1.53% |
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 | JEPI | BALI | JEPI | BALI | JEPI | |
| 3 months | +4.4% | +3.1% | 2.0% | 2.0% | +1.1 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +15.0% | +3.5% | 4.7% | 4.2% | −1.0 pts | −12.5 pts |
| 1 year | +18.9% | +7.2% | 8.5% | 8.0% | +1.4 pts | −10.3 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +30.3% | not published | 24.6% | not published | −47.6 pts |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +94.0% | 29.2% | 60.9% | −8.2 pts | −88.7 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.5% | 7.9% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 8.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.5% | −1.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.9% | +7.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.4 pts | −10.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1079 days | 2304 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.
JEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, JEPI paid 8.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.3 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.9%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or JEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.0%, so BALI 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 JEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +18.9% and JEPI returned +7.2% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so BALI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, BALI or JEPI?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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