Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

vsOpen in the appCompare their flowsaskIQ about these two fundsAsk the committee about these two funds
Income ETFs

GPIX vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Share
Share on XDownload as PDF

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about GPIX and SDVD

Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and $903m for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

At a glance
8.8%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
9.7%
SDVD cash paid, 1 year
+15.6%
GPIX total return, 1 year
+18.9%
SDVD 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.
SDVD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of SDVY
SDVD
+18.9%
SDVY
+17.5%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.9%. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; GPIX is 7.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXSDVD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.6%+18.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.2%rose 8.6%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYFirst Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$903m
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDVD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score82.9GPIX84.7SDVD

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

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

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 156 weekly returns
GPIX SDVD
Return
Total return edge GPIX +71.6% +56.2%
Annualized edge GPIX +19.7% +16.0%
Price return edge GPIX +33.8% +19.5%
Risk
Volatility edge GPIX 12.1% 16.5%
Max drawdown edge GPIX −15.7% −22.2%
Downside capture 86.9% 95.9%
Beta 0.87 0.94
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIX 1.18 0.72
Sortino edge GPIX 1.79 1.03
Treynor 0.165 0.109
Calmar edge GPIX 1.25 0.72
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year +0.8% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.33 0.75
Information ratio −0.84 0.10
Tracking error 2.2% 2.1%

Each against its own benchmark: GPIX against SPY, Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; SDVD against SDVY, Aug 18, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, GPIX returned more: +71.6% to +56.2%. GPIX swung less: 12.1% to 16.5%. GPIX fell less at its worst: −15.7% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
Open ↓
Risk and return: GPIX vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXSDVDEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+71.6%+56.2%GPIXPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+19.7%+16.0%GPIXTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+33.8%+19.5%GPIXPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.1%16.5%GPIXSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.0%11.4%GPIXLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.7%−22.2%GPIXDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture80.8%93.3%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.9%95.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.870.94Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.180.72GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.791.03GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1650.109Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.250.72GPIXAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSDVYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year+0.8% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.330.75Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.3% to +1.8%−1.3% to +2.9%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.840.10Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error2.2%2.1%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 156 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and SDVD hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX SDVD
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC 0.12% 0.46%
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.11% 0.44%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 0.11% 0.22%
INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP INC 0.11% 0.84%
NETAPP INC 0.09% 0.80%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.07% 0.52%
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 0.07% 0.88%
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL 0.06% 0.87%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 0.05% 1.06%
PULTEGROUP INC 0.05% 0.40%
EXPEDIA GROUP INC 0.05% 0.98%
EMCOR GROUP INC 0.05% 0.83%
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 SDVD
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.09%
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%
Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%
National HealthCare Corporation 1.02%
OFG Bancorp 0.99%
First BanCorp. 0.98%
East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.97%
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. 0.96%
Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Russell 2000, investing in the Nasdaq US Small-Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly
Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 8.2%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 9.7%
Price change, 1 year +6.2% +8.6%
Total return, 1 year +15.6% +18.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +17.5%
Ahead or behind +0.8 pts +1.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 22%
Age 3.0 years 3.2 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.4bn $903m

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 SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIXSDVDGPIXSDVDGPIXSDVD
3 months+0.9%−2.3%2.1%2.0%+1.0 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+6.0%+3.3%4.3%4.1%+1.0 pts+0.9 pts
1 year+15.6%+18.9%8.8%9.7%+0.9 pts+1.4 pts
3 years+73.9%+60.8%31.0%31.3%−9.0 pts+1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · SDVD Aug 2023+82.5%+53.9%32.5%31.3%−10.2 pts+1.9 pts

Open this comparison in the app →

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 126 days apart.

Alert

SDVD flows, by email on Sundays.

One-click unsubscribe. See Privacy.

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.

SDVD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 22% 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 SDVD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and SDVD paid 9.7%, so SDVD 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 SDVD?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +15.6% and SDVD +18.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or SDVD?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
Where to next
Sources and dates

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, GPIX against SDVD, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gpix-vs-sdvd

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.