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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +17.2% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, ILF or SLV?

ILF is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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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ILF vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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ILF is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ILF returned +17.2% against +14.9%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $3.5bn for iShares Latin America 40 ETF and $26.9bn for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ILF costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; SLV is 7.7 times larger.

ILF vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ILF	SLV
Return
Measure	ILF	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	ILF	SLV
Below its high	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ILF	SLV
What it tracks	S&P Latin America 40	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	ILF	SLV
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.50%
Net assets	$3.5bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	ILF	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Holdings dated	Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%

Method

Side by side

ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Latin America 40 Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.50%

Holdings 46 not counted

Net assets $3.5bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 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, ILF or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +17.2% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, ILF or SLV?: ILF is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

ILF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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