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GPIX vs NVDY
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and YieldMax(R) NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF | NVDY YieldMax(R) NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Goldman Sachs | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | NVIDIA (NVDA) |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 8.5% | 38.6% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.09% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 44.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.8% | −21.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.5% | +30.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +34.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.4 pts | −3.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 94% |
| Age | 1044 days | 1212 days |
GPIX in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 8.5%, paid monthly.
NVDY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, NVDY paid 44.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +30.9%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +34.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 38.6%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, GPIX or NVDY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 44.4%, so NVDY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, GPIX or NVDY?
- With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +19.5% and NVDY returned +30.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so NVDY returned more.
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