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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or SIVR?

SIVR 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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EEM vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EEM is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $29.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points.

EEM vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	SIVR
Return
Measure	EEM	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	SIVR
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	SIVR
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.30%
Net assets, EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$29.1bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%

Method

Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +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 0.72% 0.30%

Holdings 1186 not counted

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $29.1bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,186 positions, with the top ten at 37.2%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, EEM or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or SIVR?: SIVR 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

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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abrdn website ↗

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