Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SIVR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or SIVR?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DFUS vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DFUS is an actively managed equity fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +13.8%.

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Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points.

DFUS vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	SIVR
Return
Measure	DFUS	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	DFUS	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	SIVR
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.30%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$20.9bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	89%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%

Method

Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Dimensional abrdn

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.30%

Holdings 2236 not counted

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $20.9bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

DFUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,236 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% 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, DFUS or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SIVR?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

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