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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or SIVR?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DGRO is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $44.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points.

DGRO vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	SIVR
Return
Measure	DGRO	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	SIVR
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.30%
Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$44.6bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%

Method

Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.30%

Holdings 393 not counted

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $44.6bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

DGRO

DGRO tracks an index of Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 393 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

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, DGRO or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or SIVR?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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