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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or SLV?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ITOT vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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ITOT is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +13.4%.

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Net assets: $97.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; ITOT is 3.7 times larger.

ITOT vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	SLV
Return
Measure	ITOT	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	SLV
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	SLV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$97.1bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%

Method

Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +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 0.03% 0.50%

Holdings 2443 not counted

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $97.1bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

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, ITOT or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or SLV?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for SLV ↗

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