Which is cheaper, LYTE or SLV?

LYTE charges 0.65% a year and SLV charges 0.50%, so SLV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are LYTE and SLV the same kind of fund?

No. LYTE is a thematic ETF and SLV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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LYTE vs SLV: how they differ

LYTE and SLV are measured over different days, and SLV charges 0.50% against 0.65%.

Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF and iShares Silver Trust.

LYTE and SLV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	LYTE Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF	SLV iShares Silver Trust
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	Roundhill	iShares
What it is	Photonics and optics	Silver
Total return, 1 year	−0.4%	+53.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	−0.6%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.1 pts	+36.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.50%

LYTE in plain words

LYTE has no public holdings filing captured yet. Since it launched on Aug 6, 2026 the fund returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested against −0.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even. It sits 11.4% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

SLV in plain words

SLV is a commodity fund tracking the Silver. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +53.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. It sat 45.0% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, LYTE or SLV?: LYTE charges 0.65% a year and SLV charges 0.50%, so SLV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are LYTE and SLV the same kind of fund?: No. LYTE is a thematic ETF and SLV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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LYTE against SLV, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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