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AIPI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its price in cash against GPIQ’s 10.6%, though GPIQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $490m for REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF and $6.5bn for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
30.4%
AIPI cash paid, 1 year
10.6%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
+15.5%
AIPI total return, 1 year
+16.1%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
AIPI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.9 pts ahead of SPY
AIPI
+15.5%
SPY
+13.6%

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

AIPI over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −19.4%, total +15.5%, SPY +13.6%, +1.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

AIPI

+15.5%

30.4% of it arrived as cash

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

AIPI over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −19.4%, total +15.5%, SPY +13.6%, +1.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

AIPI

+15.5%

30.4% as cash

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AIPI over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −19.4%, total +15.5%, SPY +13.6%, +1.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
GPIQ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of QQQ
GPIQ
+16.1%
QQQ
+15.2%

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.5%, total +16.1%, QQQ +15.2%, +0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

GPIQ

+16.1%

10.6% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.5%, total +16.1%, QQQ +15.2%, +0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

GPIQ

+16.1%

10.6% cash

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

10.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.5%, total +16.1%, QQQ +15.2%, +0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; GPIQ is 13.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIPI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAIPIGPIQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.5%+16.1%
Price change, 1 yearfell 19.4%rose 4.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%0.29%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$490m$6.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common42%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score36.3AIPI79.6GPIQ

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jun 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 123 weekly returns
AIPI GPIQ
Return
Total return edge GPIQ (slight) +44.7% +47.3%
Annualized edge GPIQ (slight) +16.9% +17.8%
Price return edge GPIQ −34.5% +15.2%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIQ 21.3% 17.4%
Max drawdown edge GPIQ −24.9% −19.5%
Downside capture 116.5% 88.7%
Beta 1.22 0.85
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIQ 0.64 0.79
Sortino edge GPIQ 0.92 1.18
Treynor 0.112 0.202
Calmar edge GPIQ 0.68 0.91
Against the benchmark
Alpha −1.4% a year +0.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.19 0.29
Information ratio 0.12 −0.79
Tracking error 11.7% 3.4%

Each against its own benchmark: AIPI against SPY, Jun 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026; GPIQ against QQQ, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GPIQ returned slightly more: +47.3% to +44.7%. GPIQ swung less: 17.4% to 21.3%. GPIQ fell less at its worst: −19.5% to −24.9%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: AIPI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAIPIGPIQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+44.7%+47.3%GPIQ (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.9%+17.8%GPIQ (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return−34.5%+15.2%GPIQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility21.3%17.4%GPIQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation15.0%11.6%GPIQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−24.9%−19.5%GPIQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture130.1%76.7%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture116.5%88.7%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.220.85Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.720.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.640.79GPIQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.921.18GPIQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1120.202Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.680.91GPIQAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−1.4% a year+0.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.190.29Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−16.0% to +13.2%−1.7% to +2.3%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.12−0.79Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error11.7%3.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 123 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

42%

By the books each fund has filed, AIPI and GPIQ hold 42% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

42% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIPI GPIQ
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.92% 7.47%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.50% 5.62%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.60% 4.10%
INTEL CORPORATION 2.90% 3.01%
APPLE INC. 2.80% 6.59%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.73% 3.95%
BROADCOM INC. 2.67% 2.68%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.61% 2.77%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.54% 4.20%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 3.54%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3.30% 2.04%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 3.91% 1.30%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AIPI
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 4.28%
IONQ Inc 3.92%
SERVICENOW, INC. 3.43%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3.23%
SALESFORCE, INC. 2.62%
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 2.32%
Only in GPIQ
TESLA INC 3.17%
ALPHABET INC 2.56%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 2.51%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 2.37%
WALMART INC 2.12%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.97%
KLA CORP 1.74%
SANDISK CORP 1.48%
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Side by side

AIPI REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying weekly GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 34.3% 10.7%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 10.6%
Price change, 1 year −19.4% +4.5%
Total return, 1 year +15.5% +16.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +15.2%
Ahead or behind +1.9 pts +0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 2.4 years 3.0 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $490m $6.5bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: AIPI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAIPIGPIQAIPIGPIQAIPIGPIQ
3 months+19.0%+9.1%9.7%2.8%+12.9 pts−0.7 pts
6 months+18.5%+9.1%15.9%5.5%+9.4 pts−0.8 pts
1 year+15.5%+16.1%30.4%10.6%+1.9 pts+0.9 pts
3 years–+99.1%–39.4%–−14.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: AIPI Jun 2024 · GPIQ Oct 2023+58.9%+99.7%67.1%39.5%+8.5 pts−15.0 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-3196E71C4C

AIPI and GPIQ are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. AIPI paid 30.4% and GPIQ 10.6% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 19.8 points.
  2. What each is measured against. AIPI is measured against S&P 500 through SPY and GPIQ against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ.
  3. Holdings in common. 42% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
AIPI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.3%, paid weekly. REX estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

GPIQ

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, AIPI or GPIQ?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and GPIQ paid 10.6%, so AIPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, AIPI or GPIQ?
With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +15.5% and GPIQ +16.1% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AIPI or GPIQ?
AIPI charges 0.65% a year and GPIQ charges 0.29%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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