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GOOY vs GPIQ: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year GOOY paid 44.8% of its price in cash against GPIQ’s 11.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF and Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

44.8%GOOY cash paid, 1 year
11.1%GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
+32.7%GOOY total return, 1 year
+21.9%GPIQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIQ scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

GOOY 54.1GPIQ 78.59.1, the lowest in this set97.6, the highest

A percentile among the 61 income ETFs writing on a single company. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

GOOY8.5 pts behind GOOGL · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
GOOGL+41.2%GOOY+32.7%44.8% of it arrived as cash8.5 pts behind GOOGLTotal return, distributions reinvestedGOOGL+41.2%GOOY+32.7%44.8% as cash8.5 pts behind GOOGL
GPIQ1.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%GPIQ+21.9%11.1% as cash1.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%GPIQ+21.9%1.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GOOYOnly in GPIQ
TREASURY BILL 23.75%NVIDIA CORP 7.48%
TREASURY BILL 22.86%APPLE INC 6.59%
TREASURY BILL 21.83%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62%
TREASURY BILL 20.83%AMAZON.COM INC 4.20%
TREASURY BILL 10.73%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.11%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.96%
ALPHABET INC 3.54%
TESLA INC 3.17%

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

GOOY and GPIQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GOOYGPIQGOOYGPIQGOOYGPIQ
3 months−5.0%−0.4%7.3%2.6%+0.8 pts+0.4 pts
6 months+9.0%+17.3%20.8%5.8%−3.1 pts−3.4 pts
1 year+32.7%+21.9%44.8%11.1%−8.5 pts−1.1 pts
3 years+79.5%not published81.3%not published−73.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+80.5%+96.4%82.1%38.2%−77.2 pts−15.0 pts
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GOOY and GPIQ on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GOOY
YieldMax(R) GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying weekly
GPIQ
Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerYieldMaxGoldman Sachs
Strategysynthetic covered callcovered call
BenchmarkAlphabet (GOOGL)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized23.2%10.6%
Expense ratio1.14%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year44.8%11.1%
Price change, 1 year−15.1%+9.8%
Total return, 1 year+32.7%+21.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+41.2%+23.0%
Ahead or behind−8.5 pts−1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate85%not published
Age1141 days1051 days

GOOY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GOOY paid 44.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +32.7%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +41.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.5 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 85% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

GPIQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.1 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GOOY or GPIQ?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GOOY paid 44.8% of its starting price in cash and GPIQ paid 11.1%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GOOY or GPIQ?
With every distribution reinvested, GOOY returned +32.7% and GPIQ returned +21.9% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so GOOY returned more.
Which is cheaper, GOOY or GPIQ?
GOOY charges 1.14% a year and GPIQ charges 0.29%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GOOY against GPIQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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