Which returned more over the last year, IWM or SIVR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWM returned +14.1% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, IWM or SIVR?

IWM 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

IWM vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IWM is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +14.1%.

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Net assets: $75.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 2000 ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IWM total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.19%

IWM expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWM costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points.

IWM vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWM	SIVR
Return
Measure	IWM	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	IWM	SIVR
Below its high	7.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWM	SIVR
What it tracks	Russell 2000 Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	IWM	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.19%	0.30%
Net assets, IWM as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$75.5bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	IWM	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	3.3%

Method

Side by side

IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks the Russell 2000 Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (VTWO) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VTWO +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.19% 0.30%

Holdings 1977 not counted

Net assets, IWM as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $75.5bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

IWM

IWM tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% 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 1,977 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% 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, IWM or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWM returned +14.1% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, IWM or SIVR?: IWM 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

IWM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWM ↗

abrdn website ↗

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