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GPIX vs LOCT: 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 LOCT’s 5.2%, 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 $11m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October.

At a glance
8.8%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
5.2%
LOCT cash paid, 1 year
+15.6%
GPIX total return, 1 year
+5.8%
LOCT 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.
LOCT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9 pts behind VOO
LOCT
+5.8%
VOO
+14.8%

9 pts behind VOO

LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LOCT

+5.8%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9 pts behind VOO

LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LOCT

+5.8%

9 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; GPIX is far larger, $6.4bn against $11m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs LOCT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXLOCT
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.6%+5.8%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.2%rose 0.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate35% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 0.8 ptsbehind by 9.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$11m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIX scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score82.9GPIX65.6LOCT

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

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and LOCT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX LOCT
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIX
NVIDIA CORP 7.31%
APPLE INC 6.45%
ALPHABET INC 4.35%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.89%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.38%
BROADCOM INC 2.79%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
TESLA INC 1.88%
Only in LOCT
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Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly LOCT Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call buffer with income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 5.8%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 5.2%
Price change, 1 year +6.2% +0.4%
Total return, 1 year +15.6% +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.8 pts −9.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 35%
Age 3.0 years 3.1 years
Net assets, GPIX as of Nov 3, 2026 and LOCT as of Nov 4, 2026 $6.4bn $11m

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 LOCT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIXLOCTGPIXLOCTGPIXLOCT
3 months+0.9%+1.2%2.1%1.3%+1.0 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+6.0%+2.4%4.3%2.6%+1.0 pts−2.6 pts
1 year+15.6%+5.8%8.8%5.2%+0.9 pts−9.0 pts
3 years+73.9%+17.9%31.0%16.8%−9.0 pts−65.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · LOCT Oct 2023+82.5%+19.3%32.5%17.5%−10.2 pts−67.1 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.

LOCT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LOCT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.8%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 35% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 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 LOCT?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and LOCT paid 5.2%, 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 LOCT?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +15.6% and LOCT +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or LOCT?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and LOCT charges 0.79%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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