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GPIX vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYI paid 11.9% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.6%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $6.5bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and $12.7bn for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF.

At a glance
8.6%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
11.9%
SPYI cash paid, 1 year
+14.7%
GPIX total return, 1 year
+13.6%
SPYI total return, 1 year
GPIX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
GPIX
+14.7%
SPY
+13.6%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

GPIX

+14.7%

8.6% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

GPIX

+14.7%

8.6% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

8.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +5.3%, total +14.7%, SPY +13.6%, +1.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
SPYI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with SPY
SPYI
+13.6%
SPY
+13.6%

About even with SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price +0.8%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

SPYI

+13.6%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price +0.8%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

SPYI

+13.6%

11.9% as cash

about even with SPY

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.7%. SPYI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price +0.8%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.7%. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; SPYI is 2.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXSPYI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.7%+13.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 5.3%rose 0.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$6.5bn$12.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in common87%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIX scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score84.1GPIX69.2SPYI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 3, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 155 weekly returns · each against SPY
GPIX SPYI
Return
Total return edge GPIX +72.5% +60.9%
Annualized edge GPIX +20.1% +17.3%
Price return edge GPIX +34.5% +12.0%
Risk
Volatility edge SPYI (slight) 12.1% 11.3%
Max drawdown edge SPYI (slight) −15.7% −14.8%
Downside capture 86.9% 80.5%
Beta 0.87 0.80
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIX 1.20 1.08
Sortino edge GPIX 1.82 1.60
Treynor 0.168 0.153
Calmar edge GPIX (slight) 1.28 1.17
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.3% a year −1.0% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.35 −0.76
Information ratio −0.85 −1.22
Tracking error 2.2% 3.6%
Reading

GPIX returned more: +72.5% to +60.9%. SPYI swung slightly less: 11.3% to 12.1%. SPYI fell slightly less at its worst: −14.8% to −15.7%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GPIX vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXSPYISPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+72.5%+60.9%GPIXPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+20.1%+17.3%GPIXTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+34.5%+12.0%GPIXPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.1%11.3%SPYI (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.0%7.6%SPYI (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.7%−14.8%SPYI (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture80.8%68.8%100.0%GPIXShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.9%80.5%100.0%SPYI (slight)Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.870.801.00SPYI lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.961.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.201.08GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.821.60GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1680.1530.165GPIX (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.281.17GPIX (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.3% a year−1.0% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.35−0.76Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.3% to +1.8%−3.5% to +1.5%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.85−1.22GPIXReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error2.2%3.6%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 155 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

87%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and SPYI hold 87% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

87% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX SPYI
NVIDIA CORP 7.31% 7.82%
APPLE INC 6.45% 7.50%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.89% 5.89%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.38% 3.74%
ALPHABET INC 4.35% 2.83%
BROADCOM INC 2.79% 2.50%
TESLA INC 1.88% 1.70%
META PLATFORMS INC 1.67% 1.99%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02% 1.64%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48% 1.54%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.50% 1.47%
ALPHABET INC 1.46% 2.28%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIX
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 0.15%
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.14%
CORTEVA INC 0.07%
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC 0.04%
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL 0.03%
BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC 0.01%
PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORP 0.01%
TRADE DESK INC (THE) 0.00%
Only in SPYI
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.40%
Bloom Energy Corp 0.10%
Everpure Inc 0.07%
Illumina Inc 0.07%
Vivmark Residential 0.07%
Vylor Inc 0.07%
Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.06%
Twilio Inc 0.05%
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Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SPYI NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.5% 11.4%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.6% 11.9%
Price change, 1 year +5.3% +0.8%
Total return, 1 year +14.7% +13.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +13.6%
Ahead or behind +1.1 pts 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 99%
Age 3.0 years 4.2 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $6.5bn $12.7bn

As of Oct 28, 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 SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIXSPYIGPIXSPYIGPIXSPYI
3 months+5.9%+6.4%2.2%3.1%−0.3 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+9.2%+8.7%4.4%6.1%+0.1 pts−0.4 pts
1 year+14.7%+13.6%8.6%11.9%+1.1 pts0.0 pts
3 years+84.6%+70.2%31.7%41.0%−10.4 pts−24.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · SPYI Aug 2022+83.5%+79.8%31.5%51.3%−10.6 pts−25.4 pts

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About each fund
GPIX

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIX paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

SPYI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.4%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 SPYI?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GPIX paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and SPYI paid 11.9%, so SPYI 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 SPYI?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +14.7% and SPYI +13.6% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or SPYI?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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