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BALI vs MPIM: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
+8.1 pts
3 months to Nov 12, 2026: BALI ahead, total return
Fee gap
0.35 pts
A year: BALI 0.35%, MPIM 0.70%, per filings dated Apr 27, 2026 and Aug 7, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

BALI costs 0.35 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs MPIM: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIMPIM
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.8%not published
Price changerose 5.9% (1 year)fell 12.8% (since Aug 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.70%
Net assets$1.6bnnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
8.3%
BALI cash paid, 1 year
3.0%
MPIM cash paid, since launch, Aug 12, 2026
+14.8%
BALI total return, 1 year
−10.0%
MPIM total return, since launch, Aug 12, 2026
BALI · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 2.8 pts ahead of SPY
BALI
+14.8%
SPY
+12.0%

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

BALI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +5.9%, total +14.8%, SPY +12.0%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

BALI

+14.8%

8.3% 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 8.3%, price +5.9%, total +14.8%, SPY +12.0%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

BALI

+14.8%

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BALI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +5.9%, total +14.8%, SPY +12.0%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
MPIM · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
MPIM
−10.0%
none

Not measured

MPIM since launch: paid 3.0%, price −12.8%, total −10.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MPIM

−10.0%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

MPIM since launch: paid 3.0%, price −12.8%, total −10.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MPIM

−10.0%

3.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MPIM since launch: paid 3.0%, price −12.8%, total −10.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly MPIM m+ Income Momentum Autocall ETF · Autocallable
Issuer iShares m+
Strategy covered call autocallable
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) not set
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 6.6% 17.0%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.70%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 3.0% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +5.9% −12.8% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +14.8% −10.0% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.0% not published
Ahead or behind +2.8 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 84% not published
Age 3.1 years 92 days
Net assets $1.6bn not read by ETFIQ

As of Nov 12, 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 MPIM: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALIMPIMBALIMPIMBALIMPIM
3 months−2.5%−10.6%1.6%3.0%0.0 ptsnot measured
6 months+3.5%–3.7%–+1.8 pts–
1 year+14.8%–8.3%–+2.8 pts–
3 years+69.9%–29.2%–−8.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · MPIM Aug 2026+74.7%−10.0%30.6%3.0%−8.5 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
BALI

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, BALI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.8 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, 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.

MPIM

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, MPIM paid 3.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −10.0%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.0%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BALI or MPIM?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and MPIM charges 0.70%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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BALI and MPIM

Total return, distributions reinvested, 3 months.

BALI −2.5%MPIM −10.6%
Aug 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

BALI −2.5%, MPIM −10.6%: BALI +8.1 pts ahead, 3 months, Aug 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.