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GPIQ vs LJUL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its price in cash against LJUL’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $6.4bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF, and $9.0m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July.

GPIQ on its own →LJUL on its own →
At a glance
10.9%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
5.2%
LJUL cash paid, 1 year
+13.0%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
+5.3%
LJUL total return, 1 year
GPIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.7 pts ahead of QQQ
GPIQ
+13.0%
QQQ
+12.3%

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% of it arrived as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

10.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
LJUL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.5 pts behind VOO
LJUL
+5.3%
VOO
+14.8%

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

9.5 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; GPIQ is far larger, $6.4bn against $8.9m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs LJUL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQLJUL
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.0%+5.3%
Price change, 1 yearrose 1.7%fell 0.0%
Return of capital, issuer estimate40% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$8.9m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score69.8GPIQ57.8LJUL

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

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and LJUL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ LJUL
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIQ
NVIDIA CORP 7.47%
APPLE INC 6.59%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.20%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.95%
ALPHABET INC 3.54%
TESLA INC 3.17%
Only in LJUL
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly LJUL Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Issuer Goldman Sachs Innovator
Strategy covered call buffer with income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 5.3%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.9% 5.2%
Price change, 1 year +1.7% 0.0%
Total return, 1 year +13.0% +5.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.7 pts −9.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 40%
Age 3.0 years 2.3 years
Net assets, GPIQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and LJUL as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.4bn $9.0m

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: GPIQ vs LJUL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIQLJULGPIQLJULGPIQLJUL
3 months−2.6%+1.1%2.6%1.3%+0.8 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+0.5%+2.8%5.3%2.6%+0.9 pts−2.3 pts
1 year+13.0%+5.3%10.9%5.2%+0.7 pts−9.5 pts
3 years+80.0%–38.3%–−11.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · LJUL Jul 2024+91.4%+14.0%40.7%12.6%−13.4 pts−30.5 pts

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About each fund
GPIQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

LJUL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or LJUL?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and LJUL paid 5.2%, 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 LJUL?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and LJUL +5.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or LJUL?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and LJUL charges 0.79%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →GPIQ on its own →LJUL on its own →GPIQ dividend history →GPIQ holdings →LJUL dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
GPIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
GPIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Goldman Sachs website ↗
LJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
LJUL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
LJUL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for LJUL ↗

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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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