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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJT returned +15.4% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, IJT or SLV?

IJT is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJT vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IJT is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJT returned +15.4% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJT costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; SLV is 3.5 times larger.

IJT vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJT	SLV
Return
Measure	IJT	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+15.4%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IJT	SLV
Below its high	8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJT	SLV
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	IJT	SLV
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.5bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IJT	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.6%

Method

Side by side

IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +15.4% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.6% (SLYG) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs SLYG −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.50%

Holdings 369 not counted

Net assets, IJT as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.5bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 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, IJT or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJT returned +15.4% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, IJT or SLV?: IJT is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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