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

BALI and ROCY both write options for income.

iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.5%BALI cash paid, 1 year
3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%BALI total return, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY 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
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and ROCY hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BALI and ROCY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBALIROCY
AMAZON.COM INC3.29%4.15%
BROADCOM INC2.25%2.61%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC0.99%1.02%
TESLA INC0.95%1.55%
MEDTRONIC PLC0.50%0.52%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC0.40%1.38%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP0.34%0.59%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP1.64%0.28%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC0.19%0.15%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.00%0.39%
Only in each
Only in BALIOnly in ROCY
NVIDIA 7.36%NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%
APPLE 6.15%Apple, Inc. 6.71%
MICROSOFT 5.07%Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91%Microsoft Corp. 4.97%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70%Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38%Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.80%Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.74%Lam Research Corp. 1.76%

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 ROCY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALIROCYBALIROCYBALIROCY
3 months+4.0%+2.6%2.0%1.7%+1.8 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+17.3%+14.8%4.7%3.7%−0.8 pts−3.3 pts
1 year+18.5%not published8.5%not published+2.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+76.3%+13.5%29.2%3.6%−8.0 pts−2.9 pts
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BALI and ROCY 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
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.5%5.7%
Expense ratio0.35%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+9.2%+9.7%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.4%
Ahead or behind+2.0 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1086 days183 days
Net assets$1.5bn$726m

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.

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BALI or ROCY?
BALI charges 0.35% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, 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 ROCY, 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 ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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