Which paid more, GPIQ or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, GPIQ or SIXH?

GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

GPIQ vs SIXH: 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 SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH 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 $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

10.9%

GPIQ cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+13.0%

GPIQ total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH 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%

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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GPIQ	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	GPIQ	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+13.0%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 1.7%	rose 21.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	GPIQ	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	GPIQ	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.69%
Net assets, GPIQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$6.4bn	$603m
Holdings
Measure	GPIQ	SIXH
Holdings in common	24%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score69.8GPIQ98.5SIXH

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

GPIQ 69.8

SIXH 98.5

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

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 156 weekly returns

GPIQ SIXH

Return

Total return edge GPIQ +79.5% +47.4%

Annualized edge GPIQ +21.5% +13.8%

Price return edge SIXH +32.1% +39.2%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 16.5% 7.6%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −19.5% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 1.00 1.15

Sortino edge SIXH (slight) 1.50 1.66

Calmar edge SIXH 1.10 1.88

Reading

From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, GPIQ returned more: +79.5% to +47.4%. SIXH swung less: 7.6% to 16.5%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −19.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: GPIQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GPIQ	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+79.5%	+47.4%	GPIQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+21.5%	+13.8%	GPIQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+32.1%	+39.2%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.5%	7.6%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.0%	5.3%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.5%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.00	1.15	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.50	1.66	SIXH (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.10	1.88	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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

24%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and SIXH hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ SIXH

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62% 2.85%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 2.37% 2.52%

WALMART INC 2.12% 2.31%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.97% 2.42%

NVIDIA CORP 7.47% 1.34%

META PLATFORMS INC 2.77% 1.26%

APPLE INC 6.59% 1.25%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10% 1.21%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC 3.54% 1.16%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.04% 1.16%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.23% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in GPIQ

MICROSOFT CORP 3.95%

TESLA INC 3.17%

INTEL CORP 3.01%

BROADCOM INC 2.68%

ALPHABET INC 2.56%

KLA CORP 1.74%

SANDISK CORP 1.48%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.30%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.69%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54%

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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Goldman Sachs Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.9% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +1.7% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +13.0% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +18.0%

Ahead or behind +0.7 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 3.0 years 6.5 years

Net assets, GPIQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $6.4bn $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GPIQ	SIXH	GPIQ	SIXH	GPIQ	SIXH
3 months	−2.6%	+6.0%	2.6%	0.5%	+0.8 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+0.5%	+10.3%	5.3%	1.0%	+0.9 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+13.0%	+23.5%	10.9%	2.1%	+0.7 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+80.0%	+47.6%	38.3%	6.8%	−11.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · SIXH May 2020	+91.4%	+104.1%	40.7%	16.7%	−13.4 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or SIXH?: GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

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GPIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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