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GPIQ vs MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MSFO paid 26.9% of its price in cash against GPIQ’s 10.9%, though GPIQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF and $97m for YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
10.9%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
26.9%
MSFO cash paid, 1 year
+13.0%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
+8.4%
MSFO 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.
MSFO · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.6 pts behind MSFT
MSFO
+8.4%
MSFT
+9.0%

0.6 pts behind MSFT

MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.9%, price −24.4%, total +8.4%, MSFT +9.0%, −0.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

MSFT

+9.0%

MSFO

+8.4%

26.9% of it arrived as cash

0.6 pts behind MSFT

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.6 pts behind MSFT

MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.9%, price −24.4%, total +8.4%, MSFT +9.0%, −0.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

MSFT

+9.0%

MSFO

+8.4%

26.9% cash

0.6 pts behind MSFT

26.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.9%, price −24.4%, total +8.4%, MSFT +9.0%, −0.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; GPIQ is far larger, $6.4bn against $97m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQMSFO
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.0%+8.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 1.7%fell 24.4%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQMicrosoft (MSFT)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%1.03%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$97m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · MSFO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

GPIQ among the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company

IQ Income Score69.8GPIQ79.9MSFO

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 77 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

GPIQ 69.8
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

MSFO among the 77 income ETFs writing on a single company

MSFO 79.9
0.6, the lowest in this set 99.4, the highest

A percentile among the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. MSFO is a percentile among the 77 income ETFs writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 156 weekly returns
GPIQ MSFO
Return
Total return edge GPIQ +79.5% +48.0%
Annualized edge GPIQ +21.5% +14.0%
Price return edge GPIQ +32.1% −44.0%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIQ 16.5% 22.5%
Max drawdown edge GPIQ −19.5% −27.1%
Downside capture 88.7% 88.0%
Beta 0.85 0.80
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIQ 1.00 0.49
Sortino edge GPIQ 1.50 0.81
Treynor 0.194 0.157
Calmar edge GPIQ 1.10 0.51
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year +1.1% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.29 0.42
Information ratio −0.75 −0.25
Tracking error 3.4% 7.0%

Each against its own benchmark: GPIQ against QQQ, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; MSFO against MSFT, Sep 1, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, GPIQ returned more: +79.5% to +48.0%. GPIQ swung less: 16.5% to 22.5%. GPIQ fell less at its worst: −19.5% to −27.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GPIQ vs MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQMSFOEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+79.5%+48.0%GPIQPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+21.5%+14.0%GPIQTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+32.1%−44.0%GPIQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility16.5%22.5%GPIQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.0%13.6%GPIQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.5%−27.1%GPIQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture76.7%70.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture88.7%88.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.80Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.96Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.000.49GPIQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.500.81GPIQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1940.157Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.100.51GPIQAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQMSFTThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year+1.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.290.42Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.7% to +2.3%−3.9% to +6.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.75−0.25Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.4%7.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 156 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and MSFO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ MSFO
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 MSFO
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 25.17%
MSFT 11/20/2026 480.01 C 14.60%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.21%
MSFT US 11/06/26 C532.5 4.59%
MSFT 11/20/2026 480.01 P -0.10%
MSFT US 11/06/26 C525 -5.95%
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly MSFO YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on MSFT, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Microsoft (MSFT)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 22.7%
Expense ratio 0.29% 1.03%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.9% 26.9%
Price change, 1 year +1.7% −24.4%
Total return, 1 year +13.0% +8.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +9.0%
Ahead or behind +0.7 pts −0.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 89%
Age 3.0 years 3.2 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.4bn $97m

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 MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIQMSFOGPIQMSFOGPIQMSFO
3 months−2.6%+17.0%2.6%10.6%+0.8 pts+2.8 pts
6 months+0.5%+27.8%5.3%19.2%+0.9 pts−7.0 pts
1 year+13.0%+8.4%10.9%26.9%+0.7 pts−0.6 pts
3 years+80.0%+57.1%38.3%75.9%−11.4 pts−4.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · MSFO Aug 2023+91.4%+72.2%40.7%83.5%−13.4 pts−3.9 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.

MSFO

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MSFO paid 26.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 24.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.4%. Microsoft (MSFT) returned +9.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 89% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 MSFO?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and MSFO paid 26.9%, so MSFO 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 MSFO?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and MSFO +8.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or MSFO?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and MSFO charges 1.03%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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