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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, DYNF or SLV?

DYNF is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DYNF vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DYNF is an actively managed equity fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +14.5%.

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Net assets: $42.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+14.5%

DYNF total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.26%

DYNF expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DYNF costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; DYNF is 1.6 times larger.

DYNF vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DYNF	SLV
Return
Measure	DYNF	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	DYNF	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DYNF	SLV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	DYNF	SLV
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$42.7bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	DYNF	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	40.7%

Method

Side by side

DYNF iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +14.5% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +1.2 pts vs PBUS −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.50%

Holdings 262 not counted

Net assets, DYNF as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $42.7bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 262 positions, with the top ten at 40.7%.

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, DYNF or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, DYNF or SLV?: DYNF is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for SLV ↗

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