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

Over the year QYLG paid 17.4% 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 Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
17.4%QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+22.2%QYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9QYLG 71.13.8, 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
QYLGAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% as cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and QYLG hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIX and QYLG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXQYLG
NVIDIA CORP7.33%8.44%
APPLE INC6.47%7.73%
MICROSOFT CORP3.90%5.77%
AMAZON.COM INC3.39%4.31%
ALPHABET INC4.37%3.23%
BROADCOM INC2.80%2.67%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.02%4.99%
TESLA INC1.89%3.01%
META PLATFORMS INC1.67%3.11%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.48%3.97%
ALPHABET INC1.46%3.00%
INTEL CORP1.02%2.48%
Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in QYLG
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.85%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS 0.68%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36%SHOPIFY INC - CLASS A 0.67%
VISA INC 0.99%CASH 0.53%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.96%ARM HOLDINGS PLC-ADR 0.52%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%MERCADOLIBRE INC 0.39%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.78%STRATEGY INC- CL A 0.24%
MASTERCARD INC 0.74%ASTERA LABS INC 0.23%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and QYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXQYLGGPIXQYLGGPIXQYLG
3 months+2.6%−0.1%2.1%2.1%+0.3 pts+2.4 pts
6 months+16.6%+19.6%4.7%4.6%−1.4 pts−4.7 pts
1 year+17.0%+22.2%8.8%17.4%+0.4 pts+0.5 pts
3 yearsnot published+76.2%not published51.1%not published−22.0 pts
Since launch+80.7%+122.0%30.5%75.3%−10.8 pts−52.0 pts
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GPIX and QYLG 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
QYLG
Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%6.8%
Expense ratio0.29%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%17.4%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%+2.4%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+22.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts+0.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published96%
Age1058 days2187 days
Net assets$5.8bn$175m

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.

QYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLG paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 QYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 17.4%, so QYLG 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 QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and QYLG returned +22.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or QYLG?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, 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 QYLG, 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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