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BALI vs KHPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year KHPI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.5%, though BALI returned more with it reinvested.

iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF.

8.5%BALI cash paid, 1 year
9.1%KHPI cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%BALI total return, 1 year
+11.0%KHPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: BALI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

BALI 86.1KHPI 55.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 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

BALI2 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%BALI+18.5%8.5% of it arrived as cash2 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%BALI+18.5%2 pts ahead of SPY
KHPI5.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% of it arrived as cash5.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%5.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and KHPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in BALIOnly in KHPI
NVIDIA 7.36%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
APPLE 6.15%
MICROSOFT 5.07%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.29%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38%
BROADCOM INC 2.25%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BALI and KHPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALIKHPIBALIKHPIBALIKHPI
3 months+4.0%+1.9%2.0%2.2%+1.8 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+17.3%+11.3%4.7%4.7%−0.8 pts−6.8 pts
1 year+18.5%+11.0%8.5%9.1%+2.0 pts−5.5 pts
Since launch+76.3%+24.6%29.2%18.4%−8.0 pts−17.7 pts
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BALI and KHPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BALI
iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
KHPI
Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesKensington
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.5%9.0%
Expense ratio0.35%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%9.1%
Price change, 1 year+9.2%+1.5%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+11.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+2.0 pts−5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1086 days743 days
Net assets$1.5bn$401m

BALI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly.

KHPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or KHPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash and KHPI paid 9.1%, so KHPI 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 KHPI?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +18.5% and KHPI returned +11.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so BALI returned more.
Which is cheaper, BALI or KHPI?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and KHPI charges 0.98%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BALI against KHPI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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