Which paid more, FTHI or GPIX?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.8%, so FTHI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTHI or GPIX?

With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and GPIX +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FTHI or GPIX?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

8.8%

GPIX cash paid, 1 year

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+15.6%

GPIX total return, 1 year

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GPIX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

8.8% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

8.8% cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.5 points; GPIX is 2.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	GPIX
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	GPIX
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 1.2%	rose 6.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	GPIX
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	GPIX
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.5bn	$6.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	GPIX
Holdings in common	47%

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

IQ Income Score52.4FTHI82.9GPIX

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

FTHI 52.4

GPIX 82.9

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

47%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and GPIX hold 47% 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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47% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI GPIX

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 7.31%

Apple Inc. 7.86% 6.45%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 3.89%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 3.38%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 4.35%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 2.79%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 1.46%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65% 1.36%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 1.67%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19% 1.48%

Tesla, Inc. 1.09% 1.88%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22% 0.96%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06%

Coca-Cola European Partners Plc 1.15%

Jackson Financial Inc. (Class A) 0.80%

Novartis AG (ADR) 0.71%

Royalty Pharma Plc (Class A) 0.64%

HF Sinclair Corp. 0.62%

InterDigital, Inc. 0.58%

IDACORP, Inc. 0.57%

Only in GPIX

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.50%

VISA INC 0.99%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.85%

MASTERCARD INC 0.73%

HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 0.68%

PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 0.60%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 0.59%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 0.47%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Goldman Sachs

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 8.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.29%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 8.8%

Price change, 1 year −1.2% +6.2%

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% not published

Age 12.8 years 3.0 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.5bn $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: FTHI vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	GPIX	FTHI	GPIX	FTHI	GPIX
3 months	−0.5%	+0.9%	2.2%	2.1%	−0.3 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+6.0%	4.4%	4.3%	−2.5 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	+8.1%	+15.6%	8.9%	8.8%	−6.7 pts	+0.9 pts
3 years	+48.1%	+73.9%	29.7%	31.0%	−34.8 pts	−9.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · GPIX Oct 2023	+155.0%	+82.5%	84.3%	32.5%	−262.6 pts	−10.2 pts

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About each fund

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% 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.

GPIX

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or GPIX?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.8%, so FTHI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTHI or GPIX?: With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and GPIX +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or GPIX?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

GPIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GPIX 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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