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APLY vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, APLY paid 28.6% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $112m for YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF and $6.5bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
28.6%
APLY cash paid, 1 year
8.6%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
+18.2%
APLY total return, 1 year
+14.7%
GPIX total return, 1 year
APLY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 10.1 pts behind AAPL
APLY
+18.2%
AAPL
+28.3%

10.1 pts behind AAPL

APLY over 1 year: paid 28.6%, price −14.2%, total +18.2%, AAPL +28.3%, −10.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AAPL

+28.3%

APLY

+18.2%

28.6% of it arrived as cash

10.1 pts behind AAPL

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.1 pts behind AAPL

APLY over 1 year: paid 28.6%, price −14.2%, total +18.2%, AAPL +28.3%, −10.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AAPL

+28.3%

APLY

+18.2%

28.6% cash

10.1 pts behind AAPL

28.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. APLY over 1 year: paid 28.6%, price −14.2%, total +18.2%, AAPL +28.3%, −10.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
GPIX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
GPIX
+14.7%
SPY
+13.6%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

GPIX

+14.7%

8.6% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

GPIX

+14.7%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

8.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.75 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; GPIX is far larger, $6.5bn against $112m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

APLY vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPLYGPIX
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.2%+14.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 14.2%rose 5.3%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkApple (AAPL)S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.04%0.29%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$112m$6.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · APLY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

APLY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score84.5APLY84.1GPIX

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

APLY 84.5
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

GPIX among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

GPIX 84.1
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. GPIX is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 155 weekly returns
APLY GPIX
Return
Total return edge GPIX +55.7% +72.5%
Annualized edge GPIX +16.0% +20.1%
Price return edge GPIX −36.9% +34.5%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIX 21.4% 12.1%
Max drawdown edge GPIX −24.1% −15.7%
Downside capture 91.8% 86.9%
Beta 0.78 0.87
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIX 0.60 1.20
Sortino edge GPIX 0.81 1.82
Treynor 0.145 0.168
Calmar edge GPIX 0.66 1.28
Against the benchmark
Alpha −4.1% a year +0.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.45 0.35
Information ratio −1.09 −0.85
Tracking error 7.8% 2.2%

Each against its own benchmark: APLY against AAPL, Apr 28, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; GPIX against SPY, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GPIX returned more: +72.5% to +55.7%. GPIX swung less: 12.1% to 21.4%. GPIX fell less at its worst: −15.7% to −24.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: APLY vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPLYGPIXEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+55.7%+72.5%GPIXPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.0%+20.1%GPIXTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−36.9%+34.5%GPIXPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility21.4%12.1%GPIXSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation15.8%8.0%GPIXLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−24.1%−15.7%GPIXDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture66.1%80.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture91.8%86.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.780.87Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.940.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.601.20GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.811.82GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1450.168Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.661.28GPIXAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkAAPLSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−4.1% a year+0.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.450.35Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−9.7% to +1.5%−1.3% to +1.8%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.09−0.85Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.8%2.2%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 155 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, APLY and GPIX hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APLY GPIX
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APLY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 26.10%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 13.93%
AAPL 12/18/2026 310.01 C 11.68%
AAPL US 10/30/26 C352.5 0.03%
AAPL US 10/30/26 C355 0.02%
AAPL US 10/30/26 C350 -0.12%
AAPL US 10/30/26 C347.5 -0.13%
AAPL 12/18/2026 310.01 P -0.86%
Only in GPIX
NVIDIA CORP 7.31%
APPLE INC 6.45%
ALPHABET INC 4.35%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.89%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.38%
BROADCOM INC 2.79%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
TESLA INC 1.88%
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Side by side

APLY YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on AAPL, paying weekly GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark Apple (AAPL) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 20.9% 8.5%
Expense ratio 1.04% 0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year 28.6% 8.6%
Price change, 1 year −14.2% +5.3%
Total return, 1 year +18.2% +14.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +28.3% +13.6%
Ahead or behind −10.1 pts +1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 3.5 years 3.0 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $112m $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: APLY vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAPLYGPIXAPLYGPIXAPLYGPIX
3 months0.0%+5.9%6.7%2.2%−1.8 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+18.3%+9.2%17.5%4.4%−9.2 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+18.2%+14.7%28.6%8.6%−10.1 pts+1.1 pts
3 years+63.0%+84.6%73.1%31.7%−44.1 pts−10.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: APLY Apr 2023 · GPIX Oct 2023+62.0%+83.5%76.2%31.5%−47.9 pts−10.6 pts

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About each fund
APLY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, APLY paid 28.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.2%. Apple (AAPL) returned +28.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.9%, paid weekly.

GPIX

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIX paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APLY or GPIX?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, APLY paid 28.6% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.6%, so APLY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, APLY or GPIX?
With every distribution reinvested, APLY returned +18.2% and GPIX +14.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, APLY or GPIX?
APLY charges 1.04% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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