Which paid more, BALI or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so BALI 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BALI or SIXH?

BALI charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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BALI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $1.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

8.4%

BALI cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+17.6%

BALI total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH 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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALI costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.9 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BALI	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	BALI	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 8.4%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BALI	SIXH
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	BALI	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.69%
Net assets, BALI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$1.5bn	$603m
Holdings
Measure	BALI	SIXH
Holdings in common	24%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score88.3BALI98.5SIXH

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

BALI 88.3

SIXH 98.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 160 weekly returns

BALI SIXH

Return

Total return edge BALI +75.1% +52.1%

Annualized edge BALI +20.0% +14.6%

Price return edge SIXH +36.9% +43.5%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 12.3% 8.2%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −15.3% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BALI (slight) 1.18 1.16

Sortino edge BALI (slight) 1.83 1.75

Calmar edge SIXH 1.31 1.99

Reading

From Oct 2023 to Oct 2026, BALI returned more: +75.1% to +52.1%. SIXH swung less: 8.2% to 12.3%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −15.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BALI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BALI	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+75.1%	+52.1%	BALI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+20.0%	+14.6%	BALI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+36.9%	+43.5%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	12.3%	8.2%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.9%	5.4%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−15.3%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.18	1.16	BALI (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.83	1.75	BALI (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.31	1.99	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 160 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and SIXH hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI SIXH

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.78% 2.42%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.65% 2.46%

NVIDIA 6.95% 1.34%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.29% 2.85%

PFIZER 1.28% 2.78%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.93% 1.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.63% 1.26%

APPLE 6.17% 1.25%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.20% 1.21%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.33% 1.17%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09% 1.16%

LOCKHEED MARTIN 1.01% 1.18%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BALI

MICROSOFT 5.46%

BROADCOM INC 2.12%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.88%

CHEVRON 1.81%

VISA CLASS A 1.66%

ELI LILLY 1.37%

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CLASS B 1.27%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

COMCAST CORPORATION 2.72%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.69%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54%

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 2.50%

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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer iShares Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +8.4% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +18.0%

Ahead or behind +2.8 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 84% not published

Age 3.1 years 6.5 years

Net assets, BALI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $1.5bn $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BALI	SIXH	BALI	SIXH	BALI	SIXH
3 months	0.0%	+6.0%	1.7%	0.5%	+0.1 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+6.5%	+10.3%	3.7%	1.0%	+1.4 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+17.6%	+23.5%	8.4%	2.1%	+2.8 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+74.1%	+47.6%	29.6%	6.8%	−8.8 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · SIXH May 2020	+77.2%	+104.1%	30.6%	16.7%	−8.4 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so BALI 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or SIXH?: BALI charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BALI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BALI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

BALI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

iShares page for BALI ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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How this is computed

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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