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

Over the year GPIQ paid 11.0% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF and ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

11.0%GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
6.5%IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+21.4%GPIQ total return, 1 year
+17.7%IQQQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIQ scores higher

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

GPIQ 78.6IQQQ 69.73.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 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

GPIQAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%GPIQ+21.4%11.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%GPIQ+21.4%about even with QQQ
IQQQ4.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%6.5% as cash4.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%4.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and IQQQ hold 83% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIQ and IQQQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIQIQQQ
NVIDIA CORP7.48%7.54%
APPLE INC6.59%6.74%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC5.62%4.44%
AMAZON.COM INC4.20%4.27%
MICROSOFT CORP3.96%4.92%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4.11%3.41%
ALPHABET INC3.54%3.25%
TESLA INC3.17%3.20%
META PLATFORMS INC2.78%2.74%
BROADCOM INC2.69%3.11%
INTEL CORP3.01%2.33%
WALMART INC2.12%2.30%
Only in each
Only in GPIQOnly in IQQQ
ALPHABET INC 2.57%ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC 0.38%Alphabet, Inc. 3.01%
ASTERA LABS INC 0.37%American Electric Power Co., Inc. 0.28%
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.35%Baker Hughes Co. 0.26%
TERADYNE INC 0.32%Fastenal Co. 0.21%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.28%Kraft Heinz Co. (The) 0.12%
ROCKET LAB CORP 0.27%Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. 0.11%
FASTENAL COMPANY 0.25%Verisk Analytics, Inc. 0.10%

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 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIQ and IQQQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIQIQQQGPIQIQQQGPIQIQQQ
3 months−1.7%−3.1%2.5%1.8%+0.8 pts−0.6 pts
6 months+20.5%+19.1%5.9%4.2%−3.7 pts−5.1 pts
1 year+21.4%+17.7%11.0%6.5%−0.4 pts−4.1 pts
Since launch+98.3%+51.5%38.2%24.4%−15.0 pts−13.0 pts
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GPIQ and IQQQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIQ
Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IQQQ
ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsProShares
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.5%5.7%
Expense ratio0.29%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year11.0%6.5%
Price change, 1 year+9.3%+10.8%
Total return, 1 year+21.4%+17.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−0.4 pts−4.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days912 days
Net assets$5.8bn$405m

GPIQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

IQQQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or IQQQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.0% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.5%, 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 IQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +21.4% and IQQQ returned +17.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or IQQQ?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and IQQQ charges 0.97%, 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 IQQQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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