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GPTY vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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

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Net assets: $131m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

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

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 1.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points.

GPTY vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureGPTYVOO
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 Index
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 3.3 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.06%0.03%
Net assets, GPTY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$131m$1.0tn
Holdings
Holdings in common38%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jan 31, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 · 90 weekly returns
GPTY VOO
Return
Total return edge GPTY +47.9% +28.9%
Annualized edge GPTY +25.4% +15.8%
Price return edge VOO −20.5% +26.3%
Risk
Volatility edge VOO 25.9% 15.1%
Max drawdown edge VOO −23.9% −16.7%
Downside capture 125.9% 99.9%
Beta 1.42 1.00
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPTY (slight) 0.85 0.79
Sortino edge GPTY (slight) 1.29 1.18
Treynor 0.155 0.134
Calmar edge GPTY 1.06 0.95
Against the benchmark
Alpha +5.2% a year 0.0% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.48 0.51
Information ratio 0.65 0.02
Tracking error 15.6% 0.4%

Each against its own benchmark: GPTY against SPY, Jan 31, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026; VOO against IVV, Sep 17, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GPTY returned more: +47.9% to +28.9%. VOO swung less: 15.1% to 25.9%. VOO fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −23.9%.

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Risk and return: GPTY vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureGPTYVOOEdgeHow 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%+26.3%VOOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility25.9%15.1%VOOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation17.1%10.0%VOOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−23.9%−16.7%VOODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture188.5%99.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture125.9%99.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.421.00Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.701.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.850.79GPTY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.291.18GPTY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1550.134Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.060.95GPTYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYIVVThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+5.2% a year0.0% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.480.51Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−16.5% to +26.9%−0.1% to +0.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.650.02Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error15.6%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, 90 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

38%

By the books each fund has filed, GPTY and VOO hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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38% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPTY VOO
Apple Inc 7.05% 7.39%
NVIDIA Corp 6.92% 8.40%
Microsoft Corp 6.95% 5.79%
Amazon.com Inc 5.97% 3.72%
Alphabet Inc 6.66% 3.07%
Broadcom Inc 5.24% 2.54%
Micron Technology Inc 4.90% 1.83%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.08% 1.52%
Intel Corp 2.56% 0.91%
Palantir Technologies Inc 3.05% 0.65%
Cisco Systems Inc 2.41% 0.65%
Netflix Inc 1.85% 0.44%
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 VOO
Alphabet Inc 2.46%
Tesla Inc 1.52%
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%
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Side by side

GPTY YieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF VOO Vanguard 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) +13.7% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +3.3 pts vs SPY 0.0 pts vs IVV
Cash paid, 1 year 31.9% not an income fund
Expense ratio 1.06% 0.03%
Holdings not read by ETFIQ 507
Net assets, GPTY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $131m $1.0tn

GPTY 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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GPTY and VOO 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 VOO follows S&P 500 Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 38% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 GPTY returned +16.9% and VOO +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.

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 GPTY and VOO in the same category?
GPTY 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, GPTY or VOO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GPTY returned +16.9% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, GPTY or VOO?
VOO 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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