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GPIX vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QDTE paid 34.2% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $6.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF, and $919m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
8.6%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
34.2%
QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+14.7%
GPIX total return, 1 year
+16.5%
QDTE total return, 1 year
GPIX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
GPIX
+14.7%
SPY
+13.6%

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.
QDTE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QDTE
+16.5%
QQQ
+15.2%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QDTE

+16.5%

34.2% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QDTE

+16.5%

34.2% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

34.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.67 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; GPIX is 7.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXQDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.7%+16.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 5.3%fell 21.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.96%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$6.5bn$916m
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 Score84.1GPIX35.1QDTE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 136 weekly returns
GPIX QDTE
Return
Total return edge QDTE +50.1% +60.8%
Annualized edge QDTE +16.8% +19.9%
Price return edge GPIX +20.4% −38.8%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIX 12.8% 17.8%
Max drawdown edge GPIX −15.7% −20.5%
Downside capture 86.9% 91.4%
Beta 0.87 0.85
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIX (slight) 0.95 0.87
Sortino edge GPIX 1.41 1.27
Treynor 0.168 0.182
Calmar edge GPIX (slight) 1.07 0.97
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year +1.2% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.35 0.39
Information ratio −0.85 −0.23
Tracking error 2.2% 5.7%

Each against its own benchmark: GPIX against SPY, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; QDTE against QQQ, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

QDTE returned more: +60.8% to +50.1%. GPIX swung less: 12.8% to 17.8%. GPIX fell less at its worst: −15.7% to −20.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: GPIX vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXQDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+50.1%+60.8%QDTEPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.8%+19.9%QDTETotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+20.4%−38.8%GPIXPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.8%17.8%GPIXSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.5%12.2%GPIXLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.7%−20.5%GPIXDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture80.8%81.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.9%91.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.870.85Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.93Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.950.87GPIX (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.411.27GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1680.182Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.070.97GPIX (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year+1.2% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.350.39Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.3% to +1.8%−4.8% to +7.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.85−0.23Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error2.2%5.7%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX QDTE
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 QDTE
QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.81%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.75%
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Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.5% 20.7%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.6% 34.2%
Price change, 1 year +5.3% −21.6%
Total return, 1 year +14.7% +16.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +15.2%
Ahead or behind +1.1 pts +1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.0 years 2.6 years
Net assets, GPIX as of Oct 27, 2026 and QDTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $6.5bn $919m

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

Window by window: GPIX vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIXQDTEGPIXQDTEGPIXQDTE
3 months+5.9%+9.5%2.2%6.6%−0.3 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+9.2%+10.2%4.4%14.9%+0.1 pts+0.3 pts
1 year+14.7%+16.5%8.6%34.2%+1.1 pts+1.3 pts
3 years+84.6%–31.7%–−10.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · QDTE Mar 2024+83.5%+61.4%31.5%75.3%−10.6 pts−3.8 pts

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About each fund
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.

QDTE

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QDTE paid 34.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.7%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 QDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIX paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 34.2%, so QDTE 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 QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +14.7% and QDTE +16.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or QDTE?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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