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GPIQ vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against GPIQ’s 10.9%, though GPIQ 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 $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

At a glance
10.9%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
13.9%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
+13.0%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
+8.9%
QQQI 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.
QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+8.9%
QQQ
+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; QQQI is 2.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQQQQI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.0%+8.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 1.7%fell 5.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$6.6bn$15.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common86%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score69.8GPIQ42.2QQQI

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

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Method

Risk and return

Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 142 weekly returns · each against QQQ
GPIQ QQQI
Return
Total return edge GPIQ +56.4% +50.0%
Annualized edge GPIQ +17.8% +16.0%
Price return edge GPIQ +18.1% +1.4%
Risk
Volatility edge QQQI (slight) 17.0% 16.0%
Max drawdown edge QQQI (slight) −19.5% −18.4%
Downside capture 88.7% 85.5%
Beta 0.85 0.80
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIQ (slight) 0.79 0.74
Sortino edge GPIQ (slight) 1.19 1.09
Treynor 0.158 0.148
Calmar edge GPIQ (slight) 0.91 0.87
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.73 −0.05
Information ratio −0.41 −0.66
Tracking error 3.4% 4.8%
Reading

From Feb 2024 to Oct 2026, GPIQ returned more: +56.4% to +50.0%. QQQI swung slightly less: 16.0% to 17.0%. QQQI fell slightly less at its worst: −18.4% to −19.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GPIQ vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQQQQIQQQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+56.4%+50.0%GPIQPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+17.8%+16.0%GPIQTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+18.1%+1.4%GPIQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility17.0%16.0%QQQI (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.4%10.8%QQQI (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.5%−18.4%QQQI (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture77.3%69.5%100.0%GPIQShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture88.7%85.5%100.0%QQQI (slight)Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.801.00QQQI lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.981.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.790.74GPIQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.191.09GPIQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1580.1480.149GPIQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.910.87GPIQ (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQQQQQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year−0.1% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.73−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.3% to +2.9%−3.1% to +2.9%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.41−0.66GPIQReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.4%4.8%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 142 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

86%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and QQQI hold 86% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

86% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ QQQI
NVIDIA CORP 7.47% 8.08%
APPLE INC 6.59% 7.88%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62% 4.34%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 4.40%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.95% 6.31%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10% 3.56%
TESLA INC 3.17% 3.42%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.77% 3.00%
ALPHABET INC 3.54% 2.66%
BROADCOM INC 2.68% 2.57%
ALPHABET INC 2.56% 2.48%
WALMART INC 2.12% 2.74%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIQ
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.33%
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 0.28%
KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE) 0.16%
Only in QQQI
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.26%
Moderna Inc 0.33%
NDX US 12/18/26 C29625 -0.38%
NDX US 12/18/26 C29000 -0.59%
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 14.7%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.9% 13.9%
Price change, 1 year +1.7% −5.4%
Total return, 1 year +13.0% +8.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +0.7 pts −3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.0 years 2.8 years
Net assets, GPIQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $6.4bn $15.5bn

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 QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIQQQQIGPIQQQQIGPIQQQQI
3 months−2.6%−2.2%2.6%3.5%+0.8 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+0.5%−0.2%5.3%6.9%+0.9 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+13.0%+8.9%10.9%13.9%+0.7 pts−3.4 pts
3 years+80.0%–38.3%–−11.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · QQQI Jan 2024+91.4%+53.8%40.7%41.2%−13.4 pts−11.2 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.

QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 QQQI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.9%, so QQQI 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 QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and QQQI +8.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or QQQI?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, 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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