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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or SLV?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IXUS vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IXUS is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +14.1%.

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Net assets: $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; IXUS is 2.2 times larger.

IXUS vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	SLV
Return
Measure	IXUS	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	SLV
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	SLV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	SLV
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$57.6bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%

Method

Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +15.0% (SIVR)

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

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.50%

Holdings 4584 not counted

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $57.6bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 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, IXUS or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or SLV?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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