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

BALI and NLSI both write options for income.

iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF.

8.5%BALI cash paid, 1 year
4.0%NLSI cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%BALI total return, 1 year
+19.3%NLSI total return, 1 year
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
NLSI7.3 pts ahead of SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+12.0%NLSI+19.3%4.0% as cash7.3 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+12.0%NLSI+19.3%7.3 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and NLSI hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BALI and NLSI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBALINLSI
NVIDIA7.36%3.17%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY1.50%14.23%
VALERO ENERGY CORP0.52%3.04%
ADOBE INC0.39%3.37%
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INC0.32%2.83%
CME GROUP CLASS A0.31%2.28%
INTUIT0.28%2.85%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE0.18%2.98%
Only in each
Only in BALIOnly in NLSI
APPLE 6.15%F5 Inc 3.90%
MICROSOFT 5.07%Progressive Corp/The 3.80%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.29%Jack Henry & Associates Inc 3.32%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91%Universal Health Services Inc 3.23%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70%Insulet Corp 3.19%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38%Veeva Systems Inc 3.19%
BROADCOM INC 2.25%PTC Inc 3.18%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.80%Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.13%

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 NLSI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALINLSIBALINLSIBALINLSI
3 months+4.0%+15.6%2.0%1.4%+1.8 pts+13.3 pts
6 months+17.3%+24.6%4.7%2.8%−0.8 pts+6.6 pts
1 year+18.5%not published8.5%not published+2.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+76.3%+19.3%29.2%4.0%−8.0 pts+7.3 pts
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BALI and NLSI 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
NLSI
NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesNEOS
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.5%5.1%
Expense ratio0.35%2.89%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%4.0% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+9.2%+14.6%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+19.3% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+12.0%
Ahead or behind+2.0 pts+7.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age1086 days282 days
Net assets$1.5bn$5m

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.

NLSI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 10, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, NLSI paid 4.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Jul 31, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BALI or NLSI?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and NLSI charges 2.89%, 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 NLSI, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, BALI against NLSI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-nlsi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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