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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNDX returned +23.9% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, FNDX or SLV?

FNDX is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FNDX vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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FNDX is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FNDX returned +23.9% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $27.6bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+23.9%

FNDX total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.25%

FNDX expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FNDX costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points.

FNDX vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FNDX	SLV
Return
Measure	FNDX	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+23.9%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	FNDX	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FNDX	SLV
What it tracks	Fundamental U.S. Large Company	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	FNDX	SLV
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.50%
Net assets, FNDX as of Aug 31, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026	$27.6bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	FNDX	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.0%

Method

Side by side

FNDX Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Schwab iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Fundamental U.S. Large Company Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +23.9% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.1% (IWB) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +10.8 pts vs IWB −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.50%

Holdings 731 not counted

Net assets, FNDX as of Aug 31, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $27.6bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

FNDX

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

FNDX tracks an index of Fundamental U.S. Large Company. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 731 positions, with the top ten at 21.0%.

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, FNDX or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNDX returned +23.9% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, FNDX or SLV?: FNDX is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

FNDX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FNDX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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