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DRKY vs GPIX: which paid, and which earned it?

DRKY and GPIX both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF and Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF.

14.1%DRKY cash paid, 1 year
8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
+24.1%DRKY total return, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
DRKY9.7 pts ahead of SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+14.4%DRKY+24.1%14.1% of it arrived as cash9.7 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+14.4%DRKY+24.1%14.1% cash9.7 pts ahead of SPY
GPIXAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%GPIX+17.0%8.8% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%GPIX+17.0%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and GPIX hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DRKY and GPIX both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDRKYGPIX
Alphabet Inc4.45%4.37%
Amazon.com Inc4.42%3.39%
Tesla Inc2.07%1.89%
Sandisk Corp3.51%0.53%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC4.52%0.34%
CRH PLC1.97%0.10%
Delta Air Lines Inc1.98%0.09%
United Airlines Holdings Inc3.73%0.09%
CDW Corp/DE3.92%0.03%
Fox Corp3.89%0.01%
Only in each
Only in DRKYOnly in GPIX
Natera Inc 25.22%NVIDIA CORP 7.33%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 9.17%APPLE INC 6.47%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.49%MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%
YPF SA 4.78%BROADCOM INC 2.80%
Insmed Inc 4.62%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
BBB Foods Inc 4.29%META PLATFORMS INC 1.67%
Sea Ltd 3.15%BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%
Newamsterdam Pharma Co NV 3.13%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DRKY and GPIX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DRKYGPIXDRKYGPIXDRKYGPIX
3 months+11.8%+2.6%3.8%2.1%+9.6 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+25.1%+16.6%8.1%4.7%+7.1 pts−1.4 pts
1 yearnot published+17.0%not published8.8%not published+0.4 pts
Since launch+24.1%+80.7%14.1%30.5%+9.7 pts−10.8 pts
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DRKY and GPIX on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DRKY
VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesGoldman Sachs
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.8%8.6%
Expense ratio0.95%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025)8.8%
Price change, 1 year+8.1%+7.4%
Total return, 1 year+24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025)+17.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+9.7 pts+0.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age345 days1058 days
Net assets$19m$5.8bn

DRKY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 8, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, DRKY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +14.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 9.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.8%, paid monthly.

GPIX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DRKY or GPIX?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DRKY against GPIX, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, DRKY against GPIX, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/drky-vs-gpix Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources