Which is cheaper, GOOP or XVGL?

GOOP charges 0.99% a year and XVGL charges 0.85%, so XVGL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

GOOP vs XVGL: which paid, and which earned it?

GOOP and XVGL both write options for income. Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Google (GOOGL) ETF and FT Vest GOOG & Target Income ETF.

16.9%

GOOP cash paid, 1 year

0.0%

XVGL cash paid, since launch

+28.1%

GOOP total return, 1 year

+1.6%

XVGL total return, since launch

GOOP · 1 year to Sep 30, 202613.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOP

+28.1%

GOOGL

+41.9%

13.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOP over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price +11.2%, total +28.1%, GOOGL +41.9%, −13.8 pts.

GOOGL

+41.9%

GOOP

+28.1%

16.9% of it arrived as cash

13.8 pts behind GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

13.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOP over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price +11.2%, total +28.1%, GOOGL +41.9%, −13.8 pts.

GOOGL

+41.9%

GOOP

+28.1%

13.8 pts behind GOOGL

16.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GOOP over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price +11.2%, total +28.1%, GOOGL +41.9%, −13.8 pts.

XVGL · since launch to Sep 30, 2026About even with GOOGL

XVGL

+1.6%

GOOGL

+1.9%

About even with GOOGL

XVGL since launch: paid 0.0%, price +1.6%, total +1.6%, GOOGL +1.9%, −0.2 pts.

GOOGL

+1.9%

XVGL

+1.6%

about even with GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with GOOGL

XVGL since launch: paid 0.0%, price +1.6%, total +1.6%, GOOGL +1.9%, −0.2 pts.

GOOGL

+1.9%

XVGL

+1.6%

about even with GOOGL

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +41.9%. XVGL since launch: paid 0.0%, price +1.6%, total +1.6%, GOOGL +1.9%, −0.2 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOOP and XVGL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding GOOP XVGL

Only in GOOP

TREASURY BILL 36.70%

TREASURY BILL 33.17%

TREASURY BILL 30.13%

Only in XVGL

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index P 1,500.03 334.43%

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index C 500.03 122.02%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 48.64%

US Dollar 8.48%

2026-10-23 Alphabet Inc. (Class C) C 3,099.69 0.00%

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index C 1,500.03 0.00%

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index P 500.03 -0.02%

2026-10-02 Alphabet Inc. (Class C) C 340 -0.23%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GOOP	XVGL	GOOP	XVGL	GOOP	XVGL
3 months	−9.9%	not published	3.3%	not published	−5.2 pts	not published
6 months	+10.1%	not published	8.2%	not published	−5.7 pts	not published
1 year	+28.1%	not published	16.9%	not published	−13.8 pts	not published
Since launch GOOP Nov 2023 · XVGL Sep 2026	+110.4%	+1.6%	51.9%	0.0%	−56.3 pts	−0.2 pts

GOOP and XVGL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

GOOP

Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Google (GOOGL) ETF · Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying monthly

XVGL

FT Vest GOOG & Target Income ETF · Option income on GOOGL

Issuer Kurv First Trust

Strategy synthetic covered call option income

Benchmark Alphabet (GOOGL) Alphabet (GOOGL)

Pays monthly not established

Payout rate, annualized 15.2% not published

Expense ratio 0.99% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.9% 0.0% (since launch on Sep 23, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +11.2% +1.6%

Total return, 1 year +28.1% +1.6% (since launch on Sep 23, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +41.9% +1.9%

Ahead or behind −13.8 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 81% not published

Age 1059 days 7 days

Net assets $27m $1m

GOOP and XVGL on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

GOOP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, GOOP paid 16.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +28.1%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +41.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.8 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Aug 20, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XVGL in plain words

Over the period since launch on Sep 23, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, XVGL paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.6%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +1.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GOOP or XVGL?: GOOP charges 0.99% a year and XVGL charges 0.85%, so XVGL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

GOOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GOOP 19a-1 distribution notice ↗Kurv page for GOOP ↗XVGL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XVGL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for XVGL ↗

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ETFIQ, GOOP against XVGL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/goop-vs-xvgl

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