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

GPIX and KYLD both write options for income.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Kurv High Income ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
20.9%KYLD cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+2.0%KYLD total return, 1 year
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
KYLD10.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+12.9%KYLD+2.0%10.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+12.9%KYLD+2.0%10.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and KYLD hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIX and KYLD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXKYLD
BROADCOM INC2.80%5.17%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.48%6.21%
INTEL CORP1.02%6.19%
APPLOVIN CORP0.25%5.32%
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC0.17%5.97%
ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC0.15%3.81%
TERADYNE INC0.12%5.77%
VISTRA CORP0.08%4.71%
Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in KYLD
NVIDIA CORP 7.33%TREASURY BILL 12.96%
APPLE INC 6.47%TREASURY BILL 11.01%
ALPHABET INC 4.37%Global X Silver Miners ETF 7.09%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA 6.38%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%BWX Technologies Inc 5.38%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%Reddit Inc 4.15%
TESLA INC 1.89%Shopify Inc 3.43%
META PLATFORMS INC 1.67%Hims & Hers Health Inc 3.19%

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 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and KYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXKYLDGPIXKYLDGPIXKYLD
3 months+2.6%−6.3%2.1%5.6%+0.3 pts−8.5 pts
6 months+16.6%+24.4%4.7%14.1%−1.4 pts+6.4 pts
1 year+17.0%not published8.8%not published+0.4 ptsnot published
Since launch+80.7%+2.0%30.5%20.9%−10.8 pts−10.9 pts
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GPIX and KYLD 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
KYLD
Kurv High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerGoldman SachsKurv
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%25.6%
Expense ratio0.29%1.00%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%20.9% (since launch on Oct 31, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+7.4%−20.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+2.0% (since launch on Oct 31, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+12.9%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts−10.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age1058 days322 days
Net assets$5.8bn$49m

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.

KYLD in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, KYLD paid 20.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.6%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GPIX or KYLD?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and KYLD charges 1.00%, 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 KYLD, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, GPIX against KYLD, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gpix-vs-kyld Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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