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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWD returned +27.5% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, IWD or SLV?

IWD 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

IWD vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IWD is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWD returned +27.5% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $83.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+27.5%

IWD total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWD expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWD costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.6 points; IWD is 3.1 times larger.

IWD vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWD	SLV
Return
Measure	IWD	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+27.5%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IWD	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWD	SLV
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Value Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	IWD	SLV
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$83.0bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IWD	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.6%

Method

Side by side

IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 value Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +27.5% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +27.7% (VONV) +15.0% (SIVR)

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

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.50%

Holdings 871 not counted

Net assets, IWD as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $83.0bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

IWD

IWD tracks the Russell 1000 value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.5% with distributions reinvested, against +27.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 871 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%.

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, IWD or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWD returned +27.5% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, IWD or SLV?: IWD 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

IWD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWD ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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