Which paid more, BALI or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BALI or YYY?

BALI charges 0.35% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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BALI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% 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 $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.4%

BALI cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+17.6%

BALI total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALI costs 2.88 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.7 points; BALI is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BALI	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	BALI	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 8.4%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	84% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BALI	YYY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	BALI	YYY
Expense ratio	0.35%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$1.5bn	$674m
Holdings
Measure	BALI	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

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

BALI YYY

Return

Total return edge BALI +75.1% +38.6%

Annualized edge BALI +20.0% +11.2%

Price return edge BALI +36.9% −5.5%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 12.3% 10.9%

Max drawdown edge YYY −15.3% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BALI 1.18 0.62

Sortino edge BALI 1.83 0.90

Calmar edge BALI 1.31 1.07

Reading

From Oct 2023 to Oct 2026, BALI returned more: +75.1% to +38.6%. YYY swung less: 10.9% to 12.3%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −15.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BALI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BALI	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+75.1%	+38.6%	BALI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+20.0%	+11.2%	BALI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+36.9%	−5.5%	BALI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	12.3%	10.9%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.9%	7.5%	YYY (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−15.3%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.18	0.62	BALI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.83	0.90	BALI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.31	1.07	BALI	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

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALI YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BALI

NVIDIA 6.95%

APPLE 6.17%

MICROSOFT 5.46%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.33%

BROADCOM INC 2.12%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.09%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.95%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.93%

Only in YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer iShares Amplify

Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.35% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.4% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year +8.4% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind +2.8 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 84% 18%

Age 3.1 years 14.4 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.5bn $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BALI	YYY	BALI	YYY	BALI	YYY
3 months	0.0%	−4.9%	1.7%	3.2%	+0.1 pts	not measured
6 months	+6.5%	−4.1%	3.7%	6.2%	+1.4 pts	not measured
1 year	+17.6%	+1.9%	8.4%	12.4%	+2.8 pts	not measured
3 years	+74.1%	+35.2%	29.6%	38.6%	−8.8 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: BALI Sep 2023 · YYY Jun 2012	+77.2%	+114.4%	30.6%	113.6%	−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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BALI or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +17.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BALI or YYY?: BALI charges 0.35% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →BALI on its own →YYY on its own →BALI dividend history →BALI holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY 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 ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

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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