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

Over the year OARK paid 38.6% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and YieldMax(R) Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
38.6%OARK cash paid, 1 year
+17.5%GPIX total return, 1 year
+7.2%OARK total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 79.5OARK 11.23.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

A percentile among the 161 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 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%GPIX+17.5%8.8% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%GPIX+17.5%about even with SPY
OARK15.8 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%OARK+7.2%38.6% of it arrived as cash15.8 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%OARK+7.2%15.8 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GPIXOnly in OARK
NVIDIA CORP 7.33%TREASURY BILL 37.81%
APPLE INC 6.47%TREASURY BILL 30.32%
ALPHABET INC 4.37%TREASURY BILL 18.55%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%TREASURY BILL 10.80%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%TREASURY BILL 2.51%
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 OARK over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXOARKGPIXOARKGPIXOARK
3 months+3.4%+5.1%2.1%9.6%+0.1 pts+5.9 pts
6 months+14.6%+15.3%4.6%22.6%−1.4 pts−5.4 pts
1 year+17.5%+7.2%8.8%38.6%0.0 pts−15.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+48.6%not published82.9%not published−46.5 pts
Since launch+80.5%+53.5%30.5%89.2%−11.2 pts−99.6 pts
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GPIX and OARK on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
OARK
YieldMax(R) Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerGoldman SachsYieldMax
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%37.1%
Expense ratio0.29%1.00%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%38.6%
Price change, 1 year+7.9%−33.3%
Total return, 1 year+17.5%+7.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%+23.0%
Ahead or behind0.0 pts−15.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published39%
Age1051 days1388 days

GPIX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.

OARK in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, OARK paid 38.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 33.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.8 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 37.1%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 39% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or OARK?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and OARK paid 38.6%, so OARK 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 OARK?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.5% and OARK returned +7.2% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or OARK?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and OARK 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 OARK, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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