Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
GPIX vs MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MSFO paid 26.1% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.6%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $6.5bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and $100m for YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF.
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
SPY
+13.6%
GPIX
+14.7%
8.6% of it arrived as cash
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
SPY
+13.6%
GPIX
+14.7%
8.6% cash
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
8.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
MSFT
−1.2%
MSFO
+0.2%
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
MSFT
−1.2%
MSFO
+0.2%
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
26.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
GPIX costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; GPIX is far larger, $6.5bn against $100m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | GPIX | MSFO |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.7% | +0.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 5.3% | fell 30.2% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Microsoft (MSFT) |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 1.03% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $6.5bn | $100m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
GPIX among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
MSFO among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company
A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. MSFO is a percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and MSFO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GPIX | MSFO | GPIX | MSFO | GPIX | MSFO |
| 3 months | +5.9% | +31.5% | 2.2% | 12.5% | −0.3 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +9.2% | +20.2% | 4.4% | 19.5% | +0.1 pts | −5.4 pts |
| 1 year | +14.7% | +0.2% | 8.6% | 26.1% | +1.1 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 3 years | +84.6% | +57.1% | 31.7% | 79.1% | −10.4 pts | −7.7 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · MSFO Aug 2023 | +83.5% | +64.8% | 31.5% | 83.2% | −10.6 pts | −3.4 pts |
GPIX
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIX paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.
MSFO
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MSFO paid 26.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 30.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.2%. Microsoft (MSFT) returned −1.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 89% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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