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

Over the year GPIX paid 8.8% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9SIXH 81.83.8, 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%8.8% cashabout even with SPY
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and SIXH hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIX and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXSIXH
NVIDIA CORP7.33%2.67%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.02%2.37%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY1.48%1.49%
APPLE INC6.47%1.45%
BROADCOM INC2.80%1.35%
META PLATFORMS INC1.67%1.30%
AMAZON.COM INC3.39%1.29%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP0.96%2.37%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.95%2.47%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0.90%1.44%
LAM RESEARCH CORP0.86%3.11%
WALMART INC0.83%1.11%
Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in SIXH
ALPHABET INC 4.37%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 1.31%
TESLA INC 1.89%RTX CORPORATION 1.29%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.15%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48%
ALPHABET INC 1.46%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36%
INTEL CORP 1.02%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXSIXHGPIXSIXHGPIXSIXH
3 months+2.6%+4.5%2.1%0.5%+0.3 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+16.6%+7.4%4.7%0.9%−1.4 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+17.0%+16.3%8.8%2.0%+0.4 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 pts
Since launch+80.7%+96.3%30.5%16.0%−10.8 pts−88.5 pts
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GPIX and SIXH 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
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsExchange Traded Concepts
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%0.4%
Expense ratio0.29%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days2321 days
Net assets$5.8bn$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy 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 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so GPIX 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or SIXH?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, 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 SIXH, 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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