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BALI vs OMAH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OMAH paid 14.7% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.4%, though BALI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $1.5bn for iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and $1.1bn for VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF.

At a glance
8.4%
BALI cash paid, 1 year
14.7%
OMAH cash paid, 1 year
+17.6%
BALI total return, 1 year
+13.5%
OMAH total return, 1 year
BALI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.8 pts ahead of SPY
BALI
+17.6%
SPY
+14.8%

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

BALI over 1 year: paid 8.4%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +14.8%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BALI

+17.6%

8.4% 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 8.4%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +14.8%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BALI

+17.6%

2.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BALI over 1 year: paid 8.4%, price +8.4%, total +17.6%, SPY +14.8%, +2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
OMAH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts behind SPY
OMAH
+13.5%
SPY
+14.8%

1.3 pts behind SPY

OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.7%, price −2.4%, total +13.5%, SPY +14.8%, −1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OMAH

+13.5%

14.7% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts behind SPY

OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.7%, price −2.4%, total +13.5%, SPY +14.8%, −1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OMAH

+13.5%

14.7% as cash

1.3 pts behind SPY

14.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.7%, price −2.4%, total +13.5%, SPY +14.8%, −1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALI costs 0.63 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; BALI is 1.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs OMAH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIOMAH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+13.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 8.4%fell 2.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.98%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$1.5bn$1.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common15%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BALI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score88.3BALI53OMAH

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

Mar 14, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 85 weekly returns · each against SPY
BALI OMAH
Return
Total return edge BALI +35.5% +18.2%
Annualized edge BALI +20.4% +10.8%
Price return edge BALI +18.1% −8.0%
Risk
Volatility edge OMAH 13.1% 11.4%
Max drawdown edge OMAH (slight) −9.4% −8.6%
Downside capture 84.4% 50.5%
Beta 0.85 0.54
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BALI 1.19 0.61
Sortino edge BALI 1.79 0.79
Treynor 0.183 0.129
Calmar edge BALI 2.17 1.26
Against the benchmark
Alpha +1.6% a year −1.9% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.86 −0.30
Information ratio −0.28 −0.89
Tracking error 3.3% 10.6%
Reading

From Mar 2025 to Oct 2026, BALI returned more: +35.5% to +18.2%. OMAH swung less: 11.4% to 13.1%. OMAH fell slightly less at its worst: −8.6% to −9.4%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: BALI vs OMAH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALIOMAHSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+35.5%+18.2%BALIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+20.4%+10.8%BALITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+18.1%−8.0%BALIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.1%11.4%OMAHSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.7%8.8%TieLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−9.4%−8.6%OMAH (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture80.1%35.8%100.0%BALIShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture84.4%50.5%100.0%OMAHShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.541.00OMAH lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.970.511.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.190.61BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.790.79BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1830.1290.164BALIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar2.171.26BALIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+1.6% a year−1.9% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.86−0.30Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.1% to +5.2%−14.5% to +10.7%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.28−0.89BALIReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.3%10.6%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 85 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and OMAH hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI OMAH
APPLE 6.17% 10.43%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09% 3.58%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95% 3.58%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.88% 10.99%
CHEVRON 1.81% 4.66%
BANK OF AMERICA 0.75% 3.44%
VERISIGN 0.45% 4.86%
NEW YORK TIMES CLASS A 0.16% 2.51%
KRAFT HEINZ 0.15% 4.40%
LIBERTY LIVE HOLDINGS INC SERIES C 0.03% 2.32%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BALI
NVIDIA 6.95%
MICROSOFT 5.46%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.33%
BROADCOM INC 2.12%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.93%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.78%
VISA CLASS A 1.66%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.65%
Only in OMAH
American Express Co 6.64%
Kroger Co 5.21%
Coca-Cola Co 5.08%
Sirius XM Holdings Inc 4.97%
Moody's Corp 4.72%
DAVITA INC 4.71%
Chubb Ltd 4.67%
Delta Air Lines Inc 4.38%
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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly OMAH VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 15.0%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 14.7%
Price change, 1 year +8.4% −2.4%
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +13.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +2.8 pts −1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 84% 100%
Age 3.1 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.5bn $1.1bn

As of Nov 4, 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 OMAH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALIOMAHBALIOMAHBALIOMAH
3 months0.0%+2.5%1.7%3.7%+0.1 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+6.5%+6.2%3.7%7.4%+1.4 pts+1.2 pts
1 year+17.6%+13.5%8.4%14.7%+2.8 pts−1.3 pts
3 years+74.1%–29.6%–−8.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · OMAH Mar 2025+77.2%+19.2%30.6%23.7%−8.4 pts−14.9 pts

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About each fund
BALI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, 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.

OMAH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OMAH paid 14.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.0%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or OMAH?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and OMAH paid 14.7%, so OMAH 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 OMAH?
With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and OMAH +13.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or OMAH?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and OMAH charges 0.98%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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