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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or SLV?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 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 SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DGRO is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $44.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; DGRO is 1.7 times larger.

DGRO vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	SLV
Return
Measure	DGRO	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	SLV
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	SLV
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	SLV
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 SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.50%

Holdings 393 not counted

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $44.6bn $26.9bn

DGRO and SLV 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%.

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, DGRO or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or SLV?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 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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iShares page for SLV ↗

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