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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +12.1% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, EFA or SLV?

EFA is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EFA vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EFA is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +12.1%.

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Net assets: $76.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+12.1%

EFA total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EFA costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; EFA is 2.9 times larger.

EFA vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EFA	SLV
Return
Measure	EFA	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+12.1%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	EFA	SLV
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EFA	SLV
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	EFA	SLV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$76.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	EFA	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.3%

Method

Side by side

EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +12.1% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −2.2 pts vs ACWX −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.50%

Holdings 665 not counted

Net assets, EFA as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $76.8bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

EFA

EFA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% 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 665 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, EFA or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +12.1% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, EFA or SLV?: EFA is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

EFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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