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GPIQ vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ULTY paid 44.3% 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 $627m for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
10.6%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
44.3%
ULTY cash paid, 1 year
+16.1%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
−11.2%
ULTY 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%

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.
ULTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings
ULTY
−11.2%
Own
−15.3%

4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 44.3%, price −55.2%, total −11.2%, its own holdings −15.3%, +4.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

its own holdings

−15.3%

ULTY

−11.2%

4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 44.3%, price −55.2%, total −11.2%, its own holdings −15.3%, +4.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

its own holdings

−15.3%

ULTY

−11.2%

44.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ULTY over 1 year: paid 44.3%, price −55.2%, total −11.2%, its own holdings −15.3%, +4.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIQ costs 1.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.3 points; GPIQ is 10.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQULTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.1%−11.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.5%fell 55.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%1.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$6.5bn$627m
Holdings
Holdings in common19%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score79.6GPIQ14.3ULTY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and ULTY hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ ULTY
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10% 4.32%
ALPHABET INC 3.54% 4.74%
NVIDIA CORP 7.47% 2.66%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 2.57%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 2.37% 4.16%
ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.88% 5.44%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.80% 2.97%
SHOPIFY INC 0.52% 4.74%
MERCADOLIBRE INC 0.44% 4.15%
ASTERA LABS INC 0.37% 3.82%
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC 0.31% 3.06%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 0.30% 3.66%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIQ
APPLE INC 6.59%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.95%
TESLA INC 3.17%
INTEL CORP 3.01%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.77%
BROADCOM INC 2.68%
ALPHABET INC 2.56%
Only in ULTY
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.54%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.21%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF 4.15%
Robinhood Markets Inc 3.60%
Comfort Systems USA Inc 3.56%
Caterpillar Inc 3.15%
TransMedics Group Inc 3.13%
Figure Technology Solutions Inc 3.07%
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Oct 26, 2026)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 10.7% 60.7%
Expense ratio 0.29% 1.30%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.6% 44.3%
Price change, 1 year +4.5% −55.2%
Total return, 1 year +16.1% −11.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +15.2% −15.3%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts +4.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.0 years 2.7 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $6.5bn $627m

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 ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIQULTYGPIQULTYGPIQULTY
3 months+9.1%+4.2%2.8%15.4%−0.7 pts−9.8 pts
6 months+9.1%+1.0%5.5%28.1%−0.8 pts−6.6 pts
1 year+16.1%−11.2%10.6%44.3%+0.9 pts+4.1 pts
3 years+99.1%–39.4%–−14.6 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · ULTY Feb 2024+99.7%+4.4%39.5%87.8%−15.0 ptsnot measured

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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.

ULTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ULTY paid 44.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −11.2%. ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Oct 26, 2026) returned −15.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.7%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 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 ULTY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.6% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 44.3%, so ULTY 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 ULTY?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +16.1% and ULTY −11.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or ULTY?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, 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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