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BIOY vs GPTY: which paid, and which earned it?

BIOY and GPTY both write options for income.

GraniteShares YieldBOOST Biotech ETF and YieldMax(R) AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF.

20.6%BIOY cash paid, 1 year
34.0%GPTY cash paid, 1 year
+2.0%BIOY total return, 1 year
+32.4%GPTY total return, 1 year
BIOY15.3 pts behind XBI · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
XBI+17.3%BIOY+2.0%15.3 pts behind XBITotal return, distributions reinvestedXBI+17.3%BIOY+2.0%15.3 pts behind XBI
GPTY5.7 pts behind XLK · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
XLK+38.0%GPTY+32.4%34.0% of it arrived as cash5.7 pts behind XLKTotal return, distributions reinvestedXLK+38.0%GPTY+32.4%34.0% as cash5.7 pts behind XLK

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BIOY and GPTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in BIOYOnly in GPTY
Treasury Bill 100.00%Intel Corp 9.47%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.95%
Alphabet Inc 6.81%
NVIDIA Corp 6.73%
Marvell Technology Inc 5.60%
TSMC 5.52%
Broadcom Inc 4.82%
Palantir Technologies Inc 4.37%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BIOY and GPTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BIOYGPTYBIOYGPTYBIOYGPTY
3 months+2.5%−1.3%14.1%8.2%−9.0 pts−0.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+40.4%not published22.2%not published−0.1 pts
1 yearnot published+32.4%not published34.0%not published−5.7 pts
Since launch+2.0%+53.2%20.6%51.0%−15.3 pts−4.9 pts
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BIOY and GPTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BIOY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Biotech ETF
Synthetic covered call on XBI, paying weekly
GPTY
YieldMax(R) AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on XLK, paying weekly
IssuerGraniteSharesYieldMax
Strategysynthetic covered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkBiotech (XBI), used as the proxyTechnology sector (XLK)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized60.0%35.3%
Expense ratio1.07%1.06%
Cash paid, 1 year20.6% (since launch on May 5, 2026)34.0%
Price change, 1 year−19.0%−8.1%
Total return, 1 year+2.0% (since launch on May 5, 2026)+32.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.3%+38.0%
Ahead or behind−15.3 pts−5.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%94%
Age136 days603 days
Net assets$1m$126m

BIOY in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 5, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, BIOY paid 20.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. Biotech (XBI), used as the proxy returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.0%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

GPTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPTY paid 34.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +32.4%. Technology sector (XLK) returned +38.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 35.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BIOY or GPTY?
BIOY charges 1.07% a year and GPTY charges 1.06%, so GPTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BIOY against GPTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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