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

Over the year GPIQ paid 11.1% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF and Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

11.1%GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
+21.9%GPIQ total return, 1 year
+17.5%GPIX total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIQ 78.5GPIX 79.53.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

A percentile among the 161 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. 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

GPIQ1.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%GPIQ+21.9%11.1% of it arrived as cash1.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%GPIQ+21.9%1.1 pts behind QQQ
GPIXAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%GPIX+17.5%8.8% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%GPIX+17.5%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and GPIX hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIQ and GPIX both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIQGPIX
NVIDIA CORP7.48%7.33%
APPLE INC6.59%6.47%
MICROSOFT CORP3.96%3.90%
ALPHABET INC3.54%4.37%
AMAZON.COM INC4.20%3.39%
BROADCOM INC2.69%2.80%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC5.62%2.02%
TESLA INC3.17%1.89%
META PLATFORMS INC2.78%1.67%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4.11%1.48%
ALPHABET INC2.57%1.46%
INTEL CORP3.01%1.02%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GPIQOnly in GPIX
ASML HOLDING NV 0.83%BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%
ARM HOLDINGS PLC 0.67%ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%
SHOPIFY INC 0.52%JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36%
MERCADOLIBRE INC 0.44%VISA INC 0.99%
ASTERA LABS INC 0.37%EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.96%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.28%JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%
ROCKET LAB CORP 0.27%CATERPILLAR INC 0.78%
COREWEAVE INC 0.23%MASTERCARD INC 0.74%

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.

Performance, window by window

GPIQ and GPIX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIQGPIXGPIQGPIXGPIQGPIX
3 months−0.4%+3.4%2.6%2.1%+0.4 pts+0.1 pts
6 months+17.3%+14.6%5.8%4.6%−3.4 pts−1.4 pts
1 year+21.9%+17.5%11.1%8.8%−1.1 pts0.0 pts
Since launch+96.4%+80.5%38.2%30.5%−15.0 pts−11.2 pts
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GPIQ and GPIX on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIQ
Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsGoldman Sachs
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.6%8.6%
Expense ratio0.29%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year11.1%8.8%
Price change, 1 year+9.8%+7.9%
Total return, 1 year+21.9%+17.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+23.0%+17.5%
Ahead or behind−1.1 pts0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1051 days1051 days

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.

GPIX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or GPIX?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.1% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.8%, 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, GPIQ or GPIX?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +21.9% and GPIX returned +17.5% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so GPIQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or GPIX?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and GPIX 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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GPIQ against GPIX, 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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