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BALQ vs PBP: which paid, and which earned it?

BALQ and PBP both write options for income.

iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

8.5%BALQ cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+21.4%BALQ total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
BALQ5.3 pts ahead of QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+16.1%BALQ+21.4%8.5% of it arrived as cash5.3 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+16.1%BALQ+21.4%5.3 pts ahead of QQQ
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and PBP hold 54% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BALQ and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBALQPBP
NVIDIA8.62%8.18%
APPLE7.63%7.50%
MICROSOFT6.72%5.57%
AMAZON.COM INC4.76%3.77%
ALPHABET CLASS A3.44%3.11%
BROADCOM INC2.99%2.57%
ALPHABET CLASS C3.09%2.47%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A3.31%2.22%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY5.06%1.74%
TESLA INC2.73%1.56%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES4.31%1.39%
INTEL CORPORATION2.62%0.81%
Only in each
Only in BALQOnly in PBP
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.70%JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.42%
CASH COLLATERAL MSFUT USD 1.46%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.42%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.82%Eli Lilly & Co 1.38%
SS AND C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 0.59%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.03%
ZSCALER 0.45%Johnson & Johnson 0.99%
ASTERA LABS 0.36%Visa Inc 0.93%
LIBERTY MEDIA SERIES C 0.35%Mastercard Inc 0.69%
SENTINELONE INC CLASS A 0.34%Bank of America Corp 0.57%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BALQ and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALQPBPBALQPBPBALQPBP
3 months−0.5%+5.0%2.8%2.8%+1.9 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+27.2%+13.0%6.5%5.7%+3.0 pts−5.0 pts
1 yearnot published+18.5%not published11.8%not published+1.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 pts
Since launch+21.4%+199.0%8.5%101.2%+5.3 pts−604.5 pts
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BALQ and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BALQ
iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.9%11.3%
Expense ratio0.35%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025)11.8%
Price change, 1 year+11.9%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+21.4% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025)+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.1%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+5.3 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age289 days6101 days
Net assets$29m$386m

BALQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 3, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, BALQ paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +16.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.9%, paid monthly.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. 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 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BALQ or PBP?
BALQ charges 0.35% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BALQ against PBP, 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.

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