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GPTY vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPTY returned +16.9% to IVV's +13.7%, and IVV charges 0.03% to GPTY's 1.06%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $131m for YieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF and $885.1bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

At a glance
+16.9%
GPTY total return, 1 year
+13.7%
IVV total return, 1 year
1.06%
GPTY expense ratio
0.03%
IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 1.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $131m.

GPTY vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureGPTYIVV
Return
Total return, 1 year+16.9%+13.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 19.2%rose 12.4%
Latest payout, annualized34.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
What it tracksBenchmark: S&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 3.3 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.06%0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$131m$885.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common37%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jan 31, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 · 90 weekly returns · each against SPY
GPTY IVV
Return
Total return edge GPTY +47.9% +28.9%
Annualized edge GPTY +25.4% +15.8%
Price return edge IVV −20.5% +26.2%
Risk
Volatility edge IVV 25.9% 15.3%
Max drawdown edge IVV −23.9% −16.9%
Downside capture 125.9% 100.5%
Beta 1.42 1.01
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPTY (slight) 0.85 0.78
Sortino edge GPTY (slight) 1.29 1.17
Treynor 0.155 0.118
Calmar edge GPTY 1.06 0.94
Against the benchmark
Alpha +5.2% a year 0.0% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.48 0.03
Information ratio 0.65 0.20
Tracking error 15.6% 0.4%
Reading

GPTY returned more: +47.9% to +28.9%. IVV swung less: 15.3% to 25.9%. IVV fell less at its worst: −16.9% to −23.9%.

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Risk and return: GPTY vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureGPTYIVVSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+47.9%+28.9%GPTYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+25.4%+15.8%GPTYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−20.5%+26.2%IVVPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility25.9%15.3%IVVSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation17.1%10.2%IVVLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−23.9%−16.9%IVVDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture188.5%100.9%100.0%GPTYShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture125.9%100.5%100.0%IVVShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.421.011.00IVV lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.701.001.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.850.78GPTY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.291.17GPTY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1550.1180.118GPTYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.060.94GPTYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+5.2% a year0.0% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.480.03Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−16.5% to +26.9%−0.6% to +0.6%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.650.20GPTYReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error15.6%0.4%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 90 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

37%

By the books each fund has filed, GPTY and IVV hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPTY IVV
Apple Inc 7.05% 7.61%
NVIDIA Corp 6.92% 7.92%
Microsoft Corp 6.95% 5.93%
Amazon.com Inc 5.97% 3.73%
Alphabet Inc 6.66% 2.83%
Broadcom Inc 5.24% 2.45%
Micron Technology Inc 4.90% 1.57%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.08% 1.37%
Intel Corp 2.56% 0.70%
Palantir Technologies Inc 3.05% 0.69%
Cisco Systems Inc 2.41% 0.66%
Netflix Inc 1.85% 0.39%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPTY
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.86%
Snowflake Inc 1.58%
Astera Labs Inc 1.54%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.50%
MU US 10/30/26 C945 0.22%
AMD US 10/30/26 C562.5 0.16%
MSFT US 10/30/26 C545 0.16%
STX US 10/30/26 C637.5 0.15%
Only in IVV
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%
TESLA INC 1.73%
ELI LILLY 1.54%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.52%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.34%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11%
VISA CLASS A 1.03%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.97%
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Side by side

GPTY YieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Income ETF Stock ETF
What it is synthetic covered call, vs SPY Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +16.9% +13.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (SPY) +13.6% (SPY)
Gap to its benchmark +3.3 pts vs SPY +0.1 pts vs SPY
Cash paid, 1 year 31.9% not an income fund
Expense ratio 1.06% 0.03%
Holdings not read by ETFIQ 505
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $131m $885.1bn

GPTY and IVV 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.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-41478F4546

GPTY and IVV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. What each follows. GPTY is measured against S&P 500 through SPY and IVV follows S&P 500.
  2. Holdings in common. 37% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 GPTY returned +16.9% and IVV +13.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.2 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
GPTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPTY paid 31.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Are GPTY and IVV in the same category?
GPTY is an option-income ETF and IVV 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, GPTY or IVV?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GPTY returned +16.9% and IVV +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, GPTY or IVV?
IVV is cheaper, by 1.03 percentage points a year. That is about $103 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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