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

Over the year GPIX paid 8.8% of its price in cash against XIDE’s 6.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
6.3%XIDE cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+6.5%XIDE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9XIDE 44.13.8, 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
XIDE10.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XIDE+6.5%6.3% of it arrived as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XIDE+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in XIDE
NVIDIA CORP 7.33%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07 110.36%
APPLE INC 6.47%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026 1.02%
ALPHABET INC 4.37%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 680.58 0.73%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.90%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/01/2026 0.51%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.51%
BROADCOM INC 2.80%US Dollar 0.49%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 612.52 -0.33%
TESLA INC 1.89%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 680.58 -13.29%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and XIDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXXIDEGPIXXIDEGPIXXIDE
3 months+2.6%+1.6%2.1%1.5%+0.3 pts−0.7 pts
6 months+16.6%+6.0%4.7%3.2%−1.4 pts−12.0 pts
1 year+17.0%+6.5%8.8%6.3%+0.4 pts−10.1 pts
Since launch+80.7%+19.9%30.5%17.4%−10.8 pts−46.8 pts
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GPIX and XIDE 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
XIDE
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsFirst Trust
Strategycovered callbuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%6.2%
Expense ratio0.29%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%6.3%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+6.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts−10.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days1005 days
Net assets$5.8bn$23m

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.

XIDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIDE paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or XIDE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and XIDE paid 6.3%, 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 XIDE?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and XIDE returned +6.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or XIDE?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and XIDE charges 0.85%, 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 XIDE, 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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