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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +1.3% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, HYG or SLV?

HYG is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYG vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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HYG is a bond index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +1.3%.

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Net assets: $17.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+1.3%

HYG total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.49%

HYG expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYG costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.6 points; SLV is 1.5 times larger.

HYG vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYG	SLV
Return
Measure	HYG	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+1.3%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	HYG	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYG	SLV
What it tracks	Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	HYG	SLV
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.5bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	HYG	SLV
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US high yield bonds Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +1.3% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.2% (IUSB) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +2.5 pts vs IUSB −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.50%

Holdings 1332 not counted

Net assets, HYG as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $17.5bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

HYG

HYG tracks an index of US high yield bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

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, HYG or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +1.3% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, HYG or SLV?: HYG is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

HYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HYG ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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