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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or SLV?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 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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IJR vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IJR is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $104.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; IJR is 3.9 times larger.

IJR vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	SLV
Return
Measure	IJR	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	SLV
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	SLV
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	SLV
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$104.6bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%

Method

Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.50%

Holdings 642 not counted

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $104.6bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

IJR

IJR tracks the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 642 positions, with the top ten at 5.3%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 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, IJR or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or SLV?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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