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GPIX vs JEPQ: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year JEPQ paid 12.0% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
12.0%JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
+17.5%GPIX total return, 1 year
+18.9%JEPQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

GPIX 79.5JEPQ 65.53.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

A percentile among the 161 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

GPIXAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%GPIX+17.5%8.8% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%GPIX+17.5%about even with SPY
JEPQ4.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%JEPQ+18.9%12.0% of it arrived as cash4.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%JEPQ+18.9%4.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and JEPQ hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIX and JEPQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXJEPQ
NVIDIA CORP7.33%6.68%
APPLE INC6.47%5.83%
MICROSOFT CORP3.90%3.90%
AMAZON.COM INC3.39%3.67%
BROADCOM INC2.80%2.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.02%5.58%
TESLA INC1.89%2.39%
META PLATFORMS INC1.67%2.38%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.48%3.87%
ALPHABET INC1.46%5.05%
INTEL CORP1.02%1.62%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0.90%1.31%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GPIXOnly in JEPQ
ALPHABET INC 4.37%Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.93%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. 1.14%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.14%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36%BNP Paribas Issuance BV 1.14%
VISA INC 0.99%Royal Bank of Canada 1.13%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.96%ASML Holding NV 1.13%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%BNP Paribas Issuance BV 1.13%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.78%Royal Bank of Canada 1.13%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and JEPQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXJEPQGPIXJEPQGPIXJEPQ
3 months+3.4%+3.3%2.1%3.4%+0.1 pts+4.1 pts
6 months+14.6%+12.6%4.6%6.6%−1.4 pts−8.1 pts
1 year+17.5%+18.9%8.8%12.0%0.0 pts−4.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+71.5%not published37.1%not published−23.6 pts
Since launch+80.5%+90.2%30.5%49.2%−11.2 pts−32.5 pts
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GPIX and JEPQ on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
JEPQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%13.7%
Expense ratio0.29%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%12.0%
Price change, 1 year+7.9%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+17.5%+18.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%+23.0%
Ahead or behind0.0 pts−4.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1051 days1591 days

GPIX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.

JEPQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, JEPQ paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or JEPQ?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 12.0%, so JEPQ 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 JEPQ?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.5% and JEPQ returned +18.9% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so JEPQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or JEPQ?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GPIX against JEPQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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