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GPIQ vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its price in cash against GPIQ’s 10.6%, though GPIQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $6.5bn for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF and $1.3bn for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
10.6%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
37.1%
NVDY cash paid, 1 year
+16.1%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
+10.5%
NVDY total return, 1 year
GPIQ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of QQQ
GPIQ
+16.1%
QQQ
+15.2%

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.5%, total +16.1%, QQQ +15.2%, +0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

GPIQ

+16.1%

10.6% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.5%, total +16.1%, QQQ +15.2%, +0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

GPIQ

+16.1%

10.6% cash

0.9 pts ahead of QQQ

10.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.5%, total +16.1%, QQQ +15.2%, +0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
NVDY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.1 pts ahead of NVDA
NVDY
+10.5%
NVDA
+7.4%

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% of it arrived as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

37.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.80 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; GPIQ is 5.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQNVDY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.1%+10.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.5%fell 29.9%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNVIDIA (NVDA)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%1.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$6.5bn$1.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

GPIQ among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

IQ Income Score79.6GPIQ75NVDY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

GPIQ 79.6
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

NVDY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

NVDY 75
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. NVDY is a percentile among the 74 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 155 weekly returns
GPIQ NVDY
Return
Total return edge NVDY +82.6% +242.2%
Annualized edge NVDY +22.4% +51.1%
Price return edge GPIQ +34.3% −46.1%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIQ 16.5% 33.3%
Max drawdown edge GPIQ −19.5% −32.3%
Downside capture 88.7% 92.4%
Beta 0.85 0.70
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge NVDY 1.04 1.28
Sortino edge NVDY 1.57 1.94
Treynor 0.202 0.606
Calmar edge NVDY 1.15 1.58
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.29 −0.06
Information ratio −0.79 −1.07
Tracking error 3.4% 17.5%

Each against its own benchmark: GPIQ against QQQ, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; NVDY against NVDA, May 19, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

NVDY returned more: +242.2% to +82.6%. GPIQ swung less: 16.5% to 33.3%. GPIQ fell less at its worst: −19.5% to −32.3%.

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19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GPIQ vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQNVDYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+82.6%+242.2%NVDYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+22.4%+51.1%NVDYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+34.3%−46.1%GPIQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility16.5%33.3%GPIQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.0%21.9%GPIQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.5%−32.3%GPIQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture76.7%50.3%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture88.7%92.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.70Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.89Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.041.28NVDYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.571.94NVDYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.2020.606Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.151.58NVDYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQNVDAThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.29−0.06Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.7% to +2.3%−12.4% to +11.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.79−1.07Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.4%17.5%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 155 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and NVDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ NVDY
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 NVDY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 19.44%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 18.49%
NVDA US 11/20/26 C210 6.10%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C220 0.22%
2NVDA US 11/20/26 C210.01 FLX 0.08%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C225 0.06%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C217.5 -0.48%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C215 -0.67%
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly NVDY YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on NVDA, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) NVIDIA (NVDA)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 10.7% 25.2%
Expense ratio 0.29% 1.09%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.6% 37.1%
Price change, 1 year +4.5% −29.9%
Total return, 1 year +16.1% +10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +15.2% +7.4%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts +3.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 3.0 years 3.5 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $6.5bn $1.3bn

As of Oct 28, 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 NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIQNVDYGPIQNVDYGPIQNVDY
3 months+9.1%+12.1%2.8%10.5%−0.7 pts−1.4 pts
6 months+9.1%+2.9%5.5%19.8%−0.8 pts−0.3 pts
1 year+16.1%+10.5%10.6%37.1%+0.9 pts+3.1 pts
3 years+99.1%+272.2%39.4%185.7%−14.6 pts−161.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · NVDY May 2023+99.7%+350.1%39.5%208.2%−15.0 pts−306.0 pts

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About each fund
GPIQ

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.7%, paid monthly.

NVDY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or NVDY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.6% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 37.1%, so NVDY 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 NVDY?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +16.1% and NVDY +10.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or NVDY?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and NVDY charges 1.09%, 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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