Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
GPIX vs VYM: how they differ
Over the year GPIX and VYM finished level, +17.5% against +17.6%, and VYM charges 0.04% against 0.29%.
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and VYM hold 33% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | GPIX | VYM |
|---|---|---|
| BROADCOM INC | 2.80% | 8.07% |
| JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 1.36% | 3.36% |
| EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 0.96% | 2.73% |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.95% | 2.31% |
| CATERPILLAR INC | 0.78% | 1.73% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 0.73% | 1.52% |
| ABBVIE INC | 0.71% | 1.57% |
| HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.68% | 1.37% |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 0.60% | 1.45% |
| UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 0.60% | 1.41% |
| CHEVRON CORP | 0.55% | 1.51% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.55% | 1.45% |
| Only in GPIX | Only in VYM |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORP 7.33% | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.08% |
| APPLE INC 6.47% | Linde PLC 0.98% |
| ALPHABET INC 4.37% | Eaton Corp PLC 0.71% |
| MICROSOFT CORP 3.90% | Honeywell International Inc 0.57% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 3.39% | Chubb Ltd 0.50% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02% | Accenture PLC 0.46% |
| TESLA INC 1.89% | Medtronic PLC 0.43% |
| META PLATFORMS INC 1.67% | Johnson Controls International plc 0.37% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
| GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF | VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income ETF | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Goldman Sachs | Vanguard |
| What it is | covered call, vs SPY | US high dividend |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.5% | +17.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | 0.0 pts | +0.1 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.8% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 0.04% |
| Holdings | not filed | 608 |
GPIX in plain words
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.
VYM in plain words
VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, GPIX or VYM?
- In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GPIX returned +17.5% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, GPIX or VYM?
- GPIX charges 0.29% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- Are GPIX and VYM the same kind of fund?
- No. GPIX is an option-income ETF and VYM is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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