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

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9PBP 80.63.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 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 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%about even with SPY
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and PBP hold 88% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIX and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXPBP
NVIDIA CORP7.33%8.18%
APPLE INC6.47%7.50%
MICROSOFT CORP3.90%5.57%
AMAZON.COM INC3.39%3.77%
ALPHABET INC4.37%3.11%
BROADCOM INC2.80%2.57%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.02%1.74%
META PLATFORMS INC1.67%2.22%
TESLA INC1.89%1.56%
ALPHABET INC1.46%2.47%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC1.51%1.42%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.48%1.39%
Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in PBP
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 0.15%Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.42%
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC 0.04%Vivmark Residential 0.07%
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL 0.03%Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.06%
Copart Inc 0.04%
Expand Energy Corp 0.03%
Reddit Inc 0.03%
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc 0.03%
Fidelity National Information Services Inc 0.03%

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 Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXPBPGPIXPBPGPIXPBP
3 months+2.6%+5.0%2.1%2.8%+0.3 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+16.6%+13.0%4.7%5.7%−1.4 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+17.0%+18.5%8.8%11.8%+0.4 pts+1.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 pts
Since launch+80.7%+199.0%30.5%101.2%−10.8 pts−604.5 pts
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GPIX and PBP 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
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%11.3%
Expense ratio0.29%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%11.8%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days6101 days
Net assets$5.8bn$386m

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.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or PBP?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, so PBP 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 PBP?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or PBP?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, 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 PBP, 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.

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