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

BALQ and SDVD both write options for income.

iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF and FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

8.5%BALQ cash paid, 1 year
9.2%SDVD cash paid, 1 year
+21.4%BALQ total return, 1 year
+10.8%SDVD 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
SDVD16.4 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SDVD+10.8%9.2% of it arrived as cash16.4 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SDVD+10.8%16.4 pts behind SCHD

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and SDVD hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BALQ and SDVD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBALQSDVD
FOX CLASS A0.26%0.88%
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA0.22%0.60%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE0.18%0.26%
PEGASYSTEMS0.18%0.73%
Only in each
Only in BALQOnly in SDVD
NVIDIA 8.58%National HealthCare Corporation 1.12%
APPLE 7.72%First BanCorp. 1.04%
MICROSOFT 6.83%OFG Bancorp 1.03%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.91%The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.75%Interparfums, Inc. 1.00%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.23%Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00%
ALPHABET CLASS A 3.45%VeriSign, Inc. 1.00%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.43%Assurant, Inc. 0.99%

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 17, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BALQ and SDVD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALQSDVDBALQSDVDBALQSDVD
3 months−0.5%−0.1%2.8%2.1%+1.9 pts−6.7 pts
6 months+27.2%+8.3%6.5%4.4%+3.0 pts−4.3 pts
1 yearnot published+10.8%not published9.2%not published−16.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+53.0%not published30.7%not published−0.7 pts
Since launch+21.4%+47.6%8.5%29.7%+5.3 pts−4.1 pts
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BALQ and SDVD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BALQ
iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
SDVD
FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
IssueriSharesFirst Trust
Strategycovered calldividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.9%8.8%
Expense ratio0.35%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025)9.2%
Price change, 1 year+11.9%+1.2%
Total return, 1 year+21.4% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025)+10.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.1%+27.2%
Ahead or behind+5.3 pts−16.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age289 days1135 days
Net assets$29m$888m

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.

SDVD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BALQ or SDVD?
BALQ charges 0.35% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so BALQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BALQ against SDVD, 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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How every figure is computed · Standards and sources