Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
GPIX vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its price in cash against GPIX’s 8.8%, though GPIX returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and $15m for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
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.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
GPIX costs 0.82 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points; GPIX is far larger, $6.4bn against $15m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | GPIX | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +15.6% | +6.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 6.2% | fell 21.3% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $6.4bn | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
Risk and return
Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 114 weekly returnsFrom Aug 2024 to Oct 2026, GPIX returned more: +37.5% to −9.2%. GPIX swung less: 13.2% to 15.5%. GPIX fell less at its worst: −15.7% to −27.1%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | GPIX | YQQQ | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +37.5% | −9.2% | GPIX | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +15.6% | −4.3% | GPIX | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +14.3% | −49.8% | GPIX | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 13.2% | 15.5% | GPIX | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 8.8% | 12.2% | GPIX | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −15.7% | −27.1% | GPIX | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.86 | −0.47 | GPIX | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.28 | −0.60 | GPIX | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.99 | −0.16 | GPIX | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 114 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, GPIX and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
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0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GPIX | YQQQ | GPIX | YQQQ | GPIX | YQQQ |
| 3 months | +0.9% | +10.7% | 2.1% | 10.6% | +1.0 pts | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | +6.0% | +9.0% | 4.3% | 15.9% | +1.0 pts | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | +15.6% | +6.6% | 8.8% | 26.8% | +0.9 pts | +21.1 pts |
| 3 years | +73.9% | – | 31.0% | – | −9.0 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: GPIX Oct 2023 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +82.5% | −10.1% | 32.5% | 40.8% | −10.2 pts | +28.7 pts |
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No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 127 days apart.
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.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.
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