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GPIX vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $6.4bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF, and $380m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

At a glance
8.8%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
6.8%
IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+15.6%
GPIX total return, 1 year
+7.4%
IQQQ total return, 1 year
GPIX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY
GPIX
+15.6%
SPY
+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

8.8% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

8.8% cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
IQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ
IQQQ
+7.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; GPIX is 17.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXIQQQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.6%+7.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.2%rose 0.5%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$376m
Holdings
Holdings in common51%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIX scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score82.9GPIX64.4IQQQ

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

Mar 28, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 135 weekly returns
GPIX IQQQ
Return
Total return edge GPIX (slight) +46.2% +42.9%
Annualized edge GPIX (slight) +15.7% +14.8%
Price return edge GPIX +17.3% +12.0%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIX 12.8% 18.0%
Max drawdown edge GPIX −15.7% −19.4%
Downside capture 86.9% 96.9%
Beta 0.87 0.88
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIX 0.87 0.62
Sortino edge GPIX 1.30 0.89
Treynor 0.165 0.127
Calmar edge GPIX 1.00 0.76
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year −2.3% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.33 −1.03
Information ratio −0.84 −0.96
Tracking error 2.2% 4.3%

Each against its own benchmark: GPIX against SPY, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; IQQQ against QQQ, Mar 28, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, GPIX returned slightly more: +46.2% to +42.9%. GPIX swung less: 12.8% to 18.0%. GPIX fell less at its worst: −15.7% to −19.4%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GPIX vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXIQQQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+46.2%+42.9%GPIX (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+15.7%+14.8%GPIX (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return+17.3%+12.0%GPIXPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.8%18.0%GPIXSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.6%12.5%GPIXLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.7%−19.4%GPIXDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture80.8%84.6%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.9%96.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.870.88Not 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
Sharpe0.870.62GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.300.89GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1650.127Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.000.76GPIXAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year−2.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.33−1.03Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.3% to +1.8%−6.7% to +2.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.84−0.96Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error2.2%4.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 135 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

51%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and IQQQ hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

51% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX IQQQ
NVIDIA CORP 7.31% 7.26%
APPLE INC 6.45% 6.32%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.89% 5.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.38% 3.80%
ALPHABET INC 4.35% 2.69%
BROADCOM INC 2.79% 2.39%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02% 4.06%
TESLA INC 1.88% 2.50%
META PLATFORMS INC 1.67% 2.30%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48% 2.88%
ALPHABET INC 1.46% 2.49%
INTEL CORP 1.02% 1.69%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIX
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.50%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36%
VISA INC 0.99%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.96%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.78%
MASTERCARD INC 0.73%
Only in IQQQ
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 1.03%
Shopify, Inc. 0.67%
ASML Holding NV 0.58%
ARM Holdings plc 0.39%
MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.37%
PDD Holdings, Inc. 0.21%
Astera Labs, Inc. 0.19%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc 0.18%
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Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 6.1%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 6.8%
Price change, 1 year +6.2% +0.5%
Total return, 1 year +15.6% +7.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +0.8 pts −4.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%
Age 3.0 years 2.6 years
Net assets, GPIX as of Nov 3, 2026 and IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.4bn $380m

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: GPIX vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIXIQQQGPIXIQQQGPIXIQQQ
3 months+0.9%−4.4%2.1%1.5%+1.0 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+6.0%−2.6%4.3%3.4%+1.0 pts−2.3 pts
1 year+15.6%+7.4%8.8%6.8%+0.9 pts−4.9 pts
3 years+73.9%–31.0%–−9.0 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · IQQQ Mar 2024+82.5%+44.2%32.5%25.6%−10.2 pts−13.8 pts

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About each fund
GPIX

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly.

IQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 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, GPIX or IQQQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.8%, so GPIX paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GPIX or IQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +15.6% and IQQQ +7.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or IQQQ?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and IQQQ charges 0.55%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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