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GPIX vs ULTY
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and YieldMax(R) Ultra 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 | ULTY YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Goldman Sachs | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 8.5% | 60.4% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.30% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 48.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.8% | −52.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.5% | −2.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.4 pts | −22.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 1044 days | 918 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.
ULTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ULTY paid 48.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 52.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 22.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 60.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 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 ULTY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 48.3%, so ULTY 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 ULTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +19.5% and ULTY returned −2.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
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