Which paid more, BALI or XYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BALI or XYLG?

BALI and XYLG both charge 0.35% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

BALI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its price in cash against BALI’s 8.4%, though BALI 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 $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

8.4%

BALI cash paid, 1 year

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

+17.6%

BALI total return, 1 year

+15.6%

XYLG 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.

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.6%. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.35% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; BALI is far larger, $1.5bn against $72m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BALI	XYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	BALI	XYLG
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 8.4%	rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment	80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BALI	XYLG
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	BALI	XYLG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$1.5bn	$72m
Holdings
Measure	BALI	XYLG
Holdings in common	56%

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

IQ Income Score88.3BALI70.4XYLG

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

XYLG 70.4

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

What they share

56%

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and XYLG hold 56% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

56% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI XYLG

NVIDIA 6.95% 7.60%

APPLE 6.17% 7.09%

MICROSOFT 5.46% 5.39%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.33% 4.15%

BROADCOM INC 2.12% 2.88%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09% 3.26%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95% 2.63%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.63% 1.91%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.88% 1.46%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.29% 1.45%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.20% 1.21%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.19% 1.47%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BALI

ELI LILLY 1.37%

TJX 1.23%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.81%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.61%

MEDTRONIC PLC 0.54%

OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC 0.54%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.50%

US BANCORP 0.44%

Only in XYLG

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.96%

WALMART INC. 0.76%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.72%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.62%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.58%

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.53%

THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.52%

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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer iShares Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 4.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 12.7%

Price change, 1 year +8.4% +1.5%

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +2.8 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 84% 80%

Age 3.1 years 6.1 years

Net assets, BALI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $1.5bn $72m

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 XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BALI	XYLG	BALI	XYLG	BALI	XYLG
3 months	0.0%	+1.4%	1.7%	1.1%	+0.1 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+6.5%	+6.7%	3.7%	2.5%	+1.4 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+17.6%	+15.6%	8.4%	12.7%	+2.8 pts	+0.8 pts
3 years	+74.1%	+65.6%	29.6%	44.3%	−8.8 pts	−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · XYLG Sep 2020	+77.2%	+116.0%	30.6%	69.8%	−8.4 pts	−38.4 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.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or XYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or XYLG?: BALI and XYLG both charge 0.35% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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S&P 500 (SPY) →BALI on its own →XYLG on its own →BALI dividend history →BALI holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

BALI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BALI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

BALI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

iShares page for BALI ↗

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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