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 TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Share
Share on XDownload as PDF

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about GPIX and TCAL

Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and $324m for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
8.8%
GPIX cash paid, 1 year
11.4%
TCAL cash paid, 1 year
+15.6%
GPIX total return, 1 year
+11.2%
TCAL 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%

8.8% cash

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.
TCAL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL
+11.2%
Own
+14.6%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

11.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; GPIX is 19.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIX vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXTCAL
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.6%+11.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.2%fell 1.2%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYits own stocks
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$324m
Holdings
Holdings in common25%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GPIX scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score82.9GPIX54.8TCAL

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

Apr 4, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 82 weekly returns
GPIX TCAL
Return
Total return edge GPIX +49.1% +15.2%
Annualized edge GPIX +28.8% +9.4%
Price return edge GPIX +31.2% −3.8%
Risk
Volatility edge TCAL 11.3% 8.5%
Max drawdown edge Tie −7.0% −7.0%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GPIX 1.95 0.64
Sortino edge GPIX 3.95 0.95
Calmar edge GPIX 4.14 1.34
Reading

From Apr 2025 to Oct 2026, GPIX returned more: +49.1% to +15.2%. TCAL swung less: 8.5% to 11.3%. GPIX and TCAL fell about the same at their worst: −7.0% and −7.0%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured
Open ↓
Risk and return: GPIX vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIXTCALEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+49.1%+15.2%GPIXPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+28.8%+9.4%GPIXTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+31.2%−3.8%GPIXPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility11.3%8.5%TCALSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation5.6%5.7%GPIX (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−7.0%−7.0%TieDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.950.64GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.950.95GPIXReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar4.141.34GPIXAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 82 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

25%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and TCAL hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIX TCAL
AMAZON.COM INC 3.38% 1.55%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.89% 1.51%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48% 1.05%
META PLATFORMS INC 1.67% 1.02%
VISA INC 0.99% 1.71%
BROADCOM INC 2.79% 0.96%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.96% 1.17%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95% 0.87%
WALMART INC 0.83% 0.78%
MASTERCARD INC 0.73% 1.51%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.73% 1.15%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36% 0.67%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIX
NVIDIA CORP 7.31%
APPLE INC 6.45%
ALPHABET INC 4.35%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
TESLA INC 1.88%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.50%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%
ALPHABET INC 1.46%
Only in TCAL
WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.82%
SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL 1.44%
US FOODS HOLDING CORP 1.21%
SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.99%
CYTOKINETICS INC 0.90%
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.80%
ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S 0.56%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 0.51%
Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 13.0%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.34%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 11.4%
Price change, 1 year +6.2% −1.2%
Total return, 1 year +15.6% +11.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.6%
Ahead or behind +0.8 pts −3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 3.0 years 1.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.4bn $324m

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 TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIXTCALGPIXTCALGPIXTCAL
3 months+0.9%+5.3%2.1%2.6%+1.0 pts−1.8 pts
6 months+6.0%+12.3%4.3%6.3%+1.0 pts−0.9 pts
1 year+15.6%+11.2%8.8%11.4%+0.9 pts−3.5 pts
3 years+73.9%–31.0%–−9.0 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · TCAL Mar 2025+82.5%+12.0%32.5%16.9%−10.2 ptsnot measured

– means no data for this window. Open this comparison in the app →

Client brief:

The two-page PDF for this pair is coming. Save the comparison to follow its changes. Free. It needs an email sign-in, once.

Your saved page · Privacy.

Alert

TCAL 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.

TCAL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or TCAL?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL 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 TCAL?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +15.6% and TCAL +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or TCAL?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, 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 TCAL, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gpix-vs-tcal

Open data →

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