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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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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.

Positions GPIX and VYM both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXVYM
BROADCOM INC2.80%8.07%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY1.36%3.36%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP0.96%2.73%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.95%2.31%
CATERPILLAR INC0.78%1.73%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC0.73%1.52%
ABBVIE INC0.71%1.57%
HOME DEPOT INC (THE)0.68%1.37%
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE)0.60%1.45%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC0.60%1.41%
CHEVRON CORP0.55%1.51%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.55%1.45%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GPIXOnly 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 and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sitsIncome ETFCore index fund
IssuerGoldman SachsVanguard
What it iscovered call, vs SPYUS 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 5000.0 pts+0.1 pts
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%not an income fund
Expense ratio0.29%0.04%
Holdingsnot filed608

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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