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

Over the year GPIX paid 8.8% of its price in cash against YLDE’s 7.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
7.6%YLDE cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+10.5%YLDE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIX scores higher

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

GPIX 76.9YLDE 56.23.8, 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
YLDE6 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%7.6% of it arrived as cash6 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%6 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Positions GPIX and YLDE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXYLDE
ALPHABET INC4.37%3.60%
NVIDIA CORP7.33%3.03%
MICROSOFT CORP3.90%2.67%
BROADCOM INC2.80%2.25%
APPLE INC6.47%1.91%
META PLATFORMS INC1.67%1.63%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY1.36%2.51%
VISA INC0.99%1.83%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP0.96%4.05%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.95%1.99%
HOME DEPOT INC (THE)0.68%1.39%
COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE)0.54%2.00%
Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in YLDE
AMAZON.COM INC 3.39%NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%UNILEVER PLC 2.64%
TESLA INC 1.89%HALEON PLC 2.33%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%INDUSTRIA DE DISENO TEXTIL SA 1.71%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 1.71%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.70%
ALPHABET INC 1.46%ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.35%
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.

Performance, window by window

GPIX and YLDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXYLDEGPIXYLDEGPIXYLDE
3 months+2.6%+2.5%2.1%2.3%+0.3 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+16.6%+8.4%4.7%4.1%−1.4 pts−9.6 pts
1 year+17.0%+10.5%8.8%7.6%+0.4 pts−6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+51.1%not published16.8%not published−27.3 pts
Since launch+80.7%+181.4%30.5%42.1%−10.8 pts−86.6 pts
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GPIX and YLDE 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
YLDE
Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsFranklin
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%7.0%
Expense ratio0.29%0.48%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%7.6%
Price change, 1 year+7.4%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.4 pts−6.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days3405 days
Net assets$5.8bn$170m

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.

YLDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIX or YLDE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, 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 YLDE?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIX returned +17.0% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIX returned more.
Which is cheaper, GPIX or YLDE?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, 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 YLDE, 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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