Data as of .
BALQ vs RNTY: which paid, and which earned it?
BALQ and RNTY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and RNTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BALQ | Only in RNTY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 8.62% | Prologis Inc 6.72% |
| APPLE 7.63% | Welltower Inc 6.63% |
| MICROSOFT 6.72% | Vivmark Residential 6.31% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY 5.06% | Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.99% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 4.76% | Simon Property Group Inc 5.30% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.31% | Equinix Inc 4.92% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A 3.44% | St Joe Co/The 4.41% |
| META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.31% | Realty Income Corp 4.36% |
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 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALQ | RNTY | BALQ | RNTY | BALQ | RNTY | |
| 3 months | −0.5% | −2.3% | 2.8% | 3.0% | +1.9 pts | −4.5 pts |
| 6 months | +27.2% | +2.5% | 6.5% | 6.2% | +3.0 pts | −15.6 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +4.6% | not published | 11.9% | not published | −12.0 pts |
| Since launch | +21.4% | +7.9% | 8.5% | 15.8% | +5.3 pts | −39.2 pts |
| BALQ iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | RNTY YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.9% | 12.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.99% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025) | 11.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.9% | −7.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.4% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025) | +4.6% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.1% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.3 pts | −12.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 0% |
| Age | 289 days | 519 days |
| Net assets | $29m | $6m |
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.
RNTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.5%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALQ or RNTY?
- BALQ charges 0.35% a year and RNTY charges 0.99%, so BALQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BALQ against RNTY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/balq-vs-rnty Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.