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GPIX vs QYLD
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF | QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Goldman Sachs | Global X |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 8.5% | 11.9% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 12.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.8% | +9.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.5% | +23.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.4 pts | −2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 1044 days | 4649 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.
QYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 11.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 QYLD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.7%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?
- With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +19.5% and QYLD returned +23.5% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so QYLD returned more.
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