Which paid more, FGSI or GPIQ?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and GPIQ paid 10.9%, so GPIQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FGSI or GPIQ?

With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and GPIQ +13.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FGSI or GPIQ?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and GPIQ charges 0.29%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

10.9%

GPIQ cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+13.0%

GPIQ total return, 1 year

FGSI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with FTGS

FGSI

+9.0%

FTGS

+8.8%

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

8.3% of it arrived as cash

about even with FTGS

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

8.3% as cash

about even with FTGS

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GPIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ

+13.0%

QQQ

+12.3%

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% of it arrived as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

10.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +13.0%. GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +13.0%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; GPIQ is far larger, $6.4bn against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	GPIQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	GPIQ
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	+13.0%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.2%	rose 1.7%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	GPIQ
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	GPIQ
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$6.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	GPIQ
Holdings in common	14%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score63.2FGSI69.8GPIQ

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

FGSI 63.2

GPIQ 69.8

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and GPIQ hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI GPIQ

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 2.68%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 7.47%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.77%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 1.51% 1.11%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 0.90%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 0.89%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 0.80%

Applovin Corp. (Class A) 1.83% 0.74%

Fortinet, Inc. 1.51% 0.69%

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 2.02% 0.58%

Intuit Inc. 2.11% 0.44%

Monster Beverage Corporation 2.06% 0.39%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FGSI

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.21%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%

Only in GPIQ

APPLE INC 6.59%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.20%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10%

MICROSOFT CORP 3.95%

ALPHABET INC 3.54%

TESLA INC 3.17%

INTEL CORP 3.01%

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Side by side

FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against The Growth Strength Index, paying monthly GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Goldman Sachs

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 10.5%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.29%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 10.9%

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +1.7%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +13.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +12.3%

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts +0.7 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 3.0 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $6.4bn

As of Nov 4, 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: FGSI vs GPIQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	GPIQ	FGSI	GPIQ	FGSI	GPIQ
3 months	−2.2%	−2.6%	2.0%	2.6%	+0.6 pts	+0.8 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+0.5%	4.3%	5.3%	+0.2 pts	+0.9 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+13.0%	8.3%	10.9%	+0.2 pts	+0.7 pts
3 years	–	+80.0%	–	38.3%	–	−11.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · GPIQ Oct 2023	+13.6%	+91.4%	11.3%	40.7%	−0.7 pts	−13.4 pts

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About each fund

FGSI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.0%. First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) returned +8.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 53% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or GPIQ?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and GPIQ paid 10.9%, so GPIQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FGSI or GPIQ?: With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and GPIQ +13.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or GPIQ?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and GPIQ charges 0.29%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FGSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FGSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FGSI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FGSI ↗

GPIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GPIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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