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

Over the year QDTE paid 36.8% 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 Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
36.8%QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+17.5%GPIX total return, 1 year
+22.3%QDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 79.5QDTE 44.73.2, 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
QDTE0.7 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%QDTE+22.3%36.8% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%QDTE+22.3%36.8% as cash0.7 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and QDTE 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 QDTE
NVIDIA CORP 7.33%NDX 03/19/2027 2510.15 C 26.01%
APPLE INC 6.47%4NDX US 12/18/26 C2450.1 FLX 25.19%
ALPHABET INC 4.37%NDX 06/11/2027 3059.42 C 22.18%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%4NDX US 09/18/26 C2250 FLX 18.27%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 5.05%
BROADCOM INC 2.80%First American Government Obligations Fu 3.30%
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and QDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXQDTEGPIXQDTEGPIXQDTE
3 months+3.4%+1.0%2.1%7.8%+0.1 pts+1.8 pts
6 months+14.6%+16.9%4.6%15.9%−1.4 pts−3.8 pts
1 year+17.5%+22.3%8.8%36.8%0.0 pts−0.7 pts
Since launch+80.5%+58.3%30.5%73.8%−11.2 pts−4.3 pts
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GPIX and QDTE 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
QDTE
Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerGoldman SachsRoundhill
Strategycovered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%24.3%
Expense ratio0.29%0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%36.8%
Price change, 1 year+7.9%−18.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.5%+22.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%+23.0%
Ahead or behind0.0 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1051 days918 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.

QDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QDTE paid 36.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.3%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or QDTE?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 36.8%, 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 +17.5% and QDTE returned +22.3% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
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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Where these figures came from

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GPIX against QDTE, 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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