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GPIQ vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIQ returned +16.1% to VOO's +13.7%, and VOO charges 0.03% to GPIQ's 0.29%.

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Net assets: $6.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

At a glance
+16.1%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
+13.7%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.29%
GPIQ expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points.

GPIQ vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureGPIQVOO
Return
Total return, 1 year+16.1%+13.7%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.5%rose 12.4%
Latest payout, annualized10.7%
Against its benchmark
What it tracksBenchmark: Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500 Index
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 0.9 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.03%
Net assets, GPIQ as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$6.5bn$1.0tn
Holdings
Holdings in common52%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 155 weekly returns
GPIQ VOO
Return
Total return edge Tie +82.6% +81.7%
Annualized edge Tie +22.4% +22.2%
Price return edge VOO +34.3% +74.9%
Risk
Volatility edge VOO 16.5% 13.8%
Max drawdown edge VOO −19.5% −16.7%
Downside capture 88.7% 99.9%
Beta 0.85 1.00
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge VOO 1.04 1.20
Sortino edge VOO 1.57 1.86
Treynor 0.202 0.134
Calmar edge VOO 1.15 1.33
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year 0.0% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.29 0.51
Information ratio −0.79 0.02
Tracking error 3.4% 0.4%

Each against its own benchmark: GPIQ against QQQ, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; VOO against IVV, Sep 17, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GPIQ and VOO returned about the same: +82.6% and +81.7%. VOO swung less: 13.8% to 16.5%. VOO fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −19.5%.

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Risk and return: GPIQ vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureGPIQVOOEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+82.6%+81.7%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+22.4%+22.2%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+34.3%+74.9%VOOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility16.5%13.8%VOOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.0%8.9%VOOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.5%−16.7%VOODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture76.7%99.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture88.7%99.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.851.00Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.991.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.041.20VOOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.571.86VOOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.2020.134Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.151.33VOOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQIVVThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year0.0% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.290.51Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.7% to +2.3%−0.1% to +0.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.790.02Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.4%0.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 155 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

52%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and VOO hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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52% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ VOO
NVIDIA CORP 7.47% 8.40%
APPLE INC 6.59% 7.39%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.95% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 3.72%
ALPHABET INC 3.54% 3.07%
BROADCOM INC 2.68% 2.54%
ALPHABET INC 2.56% 2.46%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.77% 2.43%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62% 1.83%
TESLA INC 3.17% 1.52%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10% 1.52%
INTEL CORP 3.01% 0.91%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIQ
ASML HOLDING NV 0.83%
ARM HOLDINGS PLC 0.67%
SHOPIFY INC 0.52%
MERCADOLIBRE INC 0.44%
ASTERA LABS INC 0.37%
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 0.28%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.28%
ROCKET LAB CORP 0.27%
Only in VOO
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.41%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.41%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.34%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.02%
Johnson & Johnson 0.97%
Visa Inc 0.91%
AbbVie Inc 0.70%
Mastercard Inc 0.68%
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Income ETF Stock ETF
What it is covered call, vs QQQ Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +16.1% +13.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.2% (QQQ) +13.7% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +0.9 pts vs QQQ 0.0 pts vs IVV
Cash paid, 1 year 10.6% not an income fund
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.03%
Holdings not read by ETFIQ 507
Net assets, GPIQ as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $6.5bn $1.0tn

GPIQ and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.

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GPIQ and VOO do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. What each follows. GPIQ is measured against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ and VOO follows S&P 500 Index.
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 GPIQ returned +16.1% and VOO +13.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.4 points.
  3. Cost. GPIQ charges 0.29% of assets a year and VOO 0.03%, a gap of 0.26 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
GPIQ

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.7%, paid monthly.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Are GPIQ and VOO in the same category?
GPIQ is an option-income ETF and VOO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, GPIQ or VOO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GPIQ returned +16.1% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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