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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, INDA or SLV?

SLV is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

INDA vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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INDA is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against −14.2%.

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Net assets: $5.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI India ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

−14.2%

INDA total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.61%

INDA expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SLV costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 29.1 points; SLV is 4.6 times larger.

INDA vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	INDA	SLV
Return
Measure	INDA	SLV
Total return, 1 year	−14.2%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	INDA	SLV
Below its high	20.4%, high on Sep 26, 2024	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	INDA	SLV
What it tracks	MSCI India Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	INDA	SLV
Expense ratio	0.61%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	INDA	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%

Method

Side by side

INDA iShares MSCI India ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI India Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −14.2% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −30.5 pts vs EEM −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.61% 0.50%

Holdings 166 not counted

Net assets, INDA as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $5.8bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

INDA

INDA tracks the MSCI India. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.61% 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 166 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%. It sat 20.4% below its high of Sep 26, 2024 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, INDA or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, INDA or SLV?: SLV is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

INDA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

INDA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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