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

Over the year MSFO paid 28.6% 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 YieldMax(R) MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

8.5%BALI cash paid, 1 year
28.6%MSFO cash paid, 1 year
+18.9%BALI total return, 1 year
+1.5%MSFO total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: BALI scores higher

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

BALI 86.1MSFO 69.73.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

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

BALI1.4 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%BALI+18.9%8.5% of it arrived as cash1.4 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%BALI+18.9%1.4 pts ahead of SPY
MSFO1.8 pts ahead of MSFT · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
MSFT−0.3%MSFO+1.5%1.8 pts ahead of MSFTTotal return, distributions reinvestedMSFT−0.3%MSFO+1.5%1.8 pts ahead of MSFT

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BALIOnly in MSFO
NVIDIA 7.38%TREASURY BILL 32.44%
APPLE 6.04%TREASURY BILL 31.42%
MICROSOFT 5.32%TREASURY BILL 14.95%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.35%TREASURY BILL 12.47%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%TREASURY BILL 8.72%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.46%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.33%
BROADCOM INC 2.23%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BALI and MSFO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALIMSFOBALIMSFOBALIMSFO
3 months+4.4%+22.9%2.0%11.8%+1.1 pts−4.2 pts
6 months+15.0%+21.4%4.7%21.0%−1.0 pts−4.5 pts
1 year+18.9%+1.5%8.5%28.6%+1.4 pts+1.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+50.9%not published79.0%not published−1.9 pts
Since launch+76.3%+55.4%29.2%81.3%−8.2 pts−1.6 pts
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BALI and MSFO on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BALI
iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
MSFO
YieldMax(R) MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on MSFT, paying weekly
IssueriSharesYieldMax
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Microsoft (MSFT)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized7.5%26.1%
Expense ratio0.35%1.03%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%28.6%
Price change, 1 year+9.5%−29.8%
Total return, 1 year+18.9%+1.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%−0.3%
Ahead or behind+1.4 pts+1.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published92%
Age1079 days1113 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.

MSFO in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, MSFO paid 28.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.5%. Microsoft (MSFT) returned −0.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.8 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.1%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or MSFO?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash and MSFO paid 28.6%, so MSFO 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 MSFO?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +18.9% and MSFO returned +1.5% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so BALI returned more.
Which is cheaper, BALI or MSFO?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and MSFO charges 1.03%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BALI against MSFO, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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