Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SLV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or SLV?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AOR is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +7.8%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $3.9bn for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF and $26.9bn for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.1 points; SLV is 6.9 times larger.

AOR vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	SLV
Return
Measure	AOR	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	SLV
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	SLV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.50%
Net assets	$3.9bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Holdings dated	Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%

Method

Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Allocation ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.50%

Holdings 7 not counted

Net assets $3.9bn $26.9bn

AOR and SLV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or SLV?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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