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

Over the year TSPY paid 14.1% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
14.1%TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+15.1%TSPY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9TSPY 563.8, 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
TSPY1.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%TSPY+15.1%14.1% of it arrived as cash1.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%TSPY+15.1%14.1% as cash1.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and TSPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in TSPY
NVIDIA CORP 7.33%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
APPLE INC 6.47%
ALPHABET INC 4.37%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%
BROADCOM INC 2.80%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
TESLA INC 1.89%

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.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and TSPY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXTSPYGPIXTSPYGPIXTSPY
3 months+2.6%+2.3%2.1%3.5%+0.3 pts0.0 pts
6 months+16.6%+16.4%4.7%7.6%−1.4 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+17.0%+15.1%8.8%14.1%+0.4 pts−1.5 pts
Since launch+80.7%+37.3%30.5%28.7%−10.8 pts−4.0 pts
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GPIX and TSPY 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
TSPY
TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsTappAlpha
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%14.0%
Expense ratio0.29%0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%14.1%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%−0.1%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+15.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts−1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days764 days
Net assets$5.8bn$311m

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.

TSPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TSPY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or TSPY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and TSPY paid 14.1%, so TSPY 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 TSPY?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and TSPY returned +15.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or TSPY?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and TSPY charges 0.77%, 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 TSPY, 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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