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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.5% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or SIVR?

GOVT 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.

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GOVT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GOVT is a bond index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −1.5%.

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Net assets: $42.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

−1.5%

GOVT total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.05%

GOVT expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GOVT costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.5 points.

GOVT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GOVT	SIVR
Return
Measure	GOVT	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	−1.5%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	GOVT	SIVR
Below its high	8.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GOVT	SIVR
What it tracks	ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	GOVT	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.30%
Net assets, GOVT as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$42.8bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	GOVT	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −1.5% +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 0.05% 0.30%

Holdings 229 not counted

Net assets, GOVT as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $42.8bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

GOVT

GOVT tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 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, GOVT or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.5% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or SIVR?: GOVT 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

GOVT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GOVT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GOVT ↗

abrdn website ↗

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