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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRW returned +11.1% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, DGRW or SLV?

DGRW 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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DGRW vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DGRW is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +11.1%.

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Net assets: $16.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+11.1%

DGRW total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.28%

DGRW expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

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

DGRW vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRW	SLV
Return
Measure	DGRW	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+11.1%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRW	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRW	SLV
What it tracks	WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	DGRW	SLV
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.50%
Net assets, DGRW as of Jun 30, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026	$16.6bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRW	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	36.1%

Method

Side by side

DGRW WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer WisdomTree iShares

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +11.1% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −2.6 pts vs VOO −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.50%

Holdings 197 not counted

Net assets, DGRW as of Jun 30, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.6bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

DGRW

DGRW tracks an index of U.S. Quality Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +11.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 197 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

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, DGRW or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRW returned +11.1% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, DGRW or SLV?: DGRW 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

DGRW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for SLV ↗

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