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

Over the year GPIX paid 8.8% of its price in cash against JULH’s 4.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
4.7%JULH cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+4.5%JULH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9JULH 35.93.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 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 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%GPIX+17.0%8.8% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%GPIX+17.0%8.8% cashabout even with SPY
JULH12.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JULH+4.5%4.7% as cash12.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JULH+4.5%12.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and JULH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in JULH
NVIDIA CORP 7.33%TREASURY BILL 100.00%
APPLE INC 6.47%
ALPHABET INC 4.37%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%
BROADCOM INC 2.80%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
TESLA INC 1.89%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and JULH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXJULHGPIXJULHGPIXJULH
3 months+2.6%+1.8%2.1%1.1%+0.3 pts−0.4 pts
6 months+16.6%+4.0%4.7%2.7%−1.4 pts−14.0 pts
1 year+17.0%+4.5%8.8%4.7%+0.4 pts−12.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+20.7%not published18.4%not published−57.7 pts
Since launch+80.7%+22.7%30.5%18.6%−10.8 pts−55.9 pts
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GPIX and JULH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
JULH
Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerGoldman SachsInnovator
Strategycovered calldefined income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyquarterly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%4.2%
Expense ratio0.29%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%4.7%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%−0.4%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+4.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts−12.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days1173 days
Net assets$5.8bn$17m

GPIX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.

JULH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JULH paid 4.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.2%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or JULH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and JULH paid 4.7%, 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 JULH?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and JULH returned +4.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or JULH?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and JULH charges 0.79%, 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 JULH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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