Which paid more, GPIX or RDVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so RDVI 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 RDVI?

With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +15.6% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, GPIX or RDVI?

GPIX charges 0.29% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

GPIX vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and $3.9bn for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.8%

GPIX cash paid, 1 year

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

+15.6%

GPIX total return, 1 year

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

GPIX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

8.8% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with RDVY

RDVI

+22.0%

RDVY

+22.2%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

9.1% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

about even with RDVY

9.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; GPIX is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GPIX	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	GPIX	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	+15.6%	+22.0%
Price change, 1 year	rose 6.2%	rose 12.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	GPIX	RDVI
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Measure	GPIX	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$6.4bn	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	GPIX	RDVI
Holdings in common	26%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · RDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score82.9GPIX92.5RDVI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

GPIX 82.9

RDVI 92.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

26%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and RDVI hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

26% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX RDVI

MICROSOFT CORP 3.89% 2.16%

NVIDIA CORP 7.31% 2.00%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02% 1.83%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.67% 1.89%

APPLE INC 6.45% 1.63%

ALPHABET INC 4.35% 1.57%

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36% 2.02%

VISA INC 0.99% 2.35%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.90% 1.97%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.85% 1.84%

MASTERCARD INC 0.73% 1.08%

GE AEROSPACE 0.65% 1.38%

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Only in GPIX

AMAZON.COM INC 3.38%

BROADCOM INC 2.79%

TESLA INC 1.88%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.50%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48%

ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%

ALPHABET INC 1.46%

INTEL CORP 1.02%

Only in RDVI

Mueller Industries, Inc. 1.29%

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 0.55%

East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.54%

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 0.43%

2026-11-06 S&P 500® Index - Price Return C 7,580 -0.11%

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Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer Goldman Sachs First Trust

Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 9.1%

Price change, 1 year +6.2% +12.2%

Total return, 1 year +15.6% +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +22.2%

Ahead or behind +0.8 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 40%

Age 3.0 years 4.0 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.4bn $3.9bn

As of Nov 4, 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 RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GPIX	RDVI	GPIX	RDVI	GPIX	RDVI
3 months	+0.9%	−1.9%	2.1%	2.0%	+1.0 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+6.0%	+7.9%	4.3%	4.3%	+1.0 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	+15.6%	+22.0%	8.8%	9.1%	+0.9 pts	−0.2 pts
3 years	+73.9%	+76.0%	31.0%	30.9%	−9.0 pts	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · RDVI Oct 2022	+82.5%	+106.5%	32.5%	43.0%	−10.2 pts	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

GPIX

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly.

RDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +22.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 RDVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so RDVI 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 RDVI?: With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +15.6% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or RDVI?: GPIX charges 0.29% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

GPIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GPIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs website ↗

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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