Data as of .
GPIX vs KYLD: which paid, and which earned it?
GPIX and KYLD both write options for income.
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.
| Holding | GPIX | KYLD |
|---|---|---|
| BROADCOM INC | 2.80% | 5.17% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 1.48% | 6.21% |
| INTEL CORP | 1.02% | 6.19% |
| APPLOVIN CORP | 0.25% | 5.32% |
| HOWMET AEROSPACE INC | 0.17% | 5.97% |
| ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC | 0.15% | 3.81% |
| TERADYNE INC | 0.12% | 5.77% |
| VISTRA CORP | 0.08% | 4.71% |
| Only in GPIX | Only 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPIX | KYLD | GPIX | KYLD | GPIX | KYLD | |
| 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 published | 8.8% | not published | +0.4 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +80.7% | +2.0% | 30.5% | 20.9% | −10.8 pts | −10.9 pts |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Goldman Sachs | Kurv |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.6% | 25.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 1.00% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.8% | 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 estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 1058 days | 322 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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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.