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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, IYR or SLV?

IYR is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IYR vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IYR is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +3.4%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $3.9bn for iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF and $26.9bn for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IYR costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; SLV is 6.9 times larger.

IYR vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYR	SLV
Return
Measure	IYR	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+3.4%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IYR	SLV
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYR	SLV
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	IYR	SLV
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.50%
Net assets	$3.9bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	IYR	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	80%
Holdings dated	Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	52.5%

Method

Side by side

IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +3.4% +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 0.37% 0.50%

Holdings 59 not counted

Net assets $3.9bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

IYR

IYR tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 52.5%. It sat 8.6% below its high of Jul 28, 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, IYR or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, IYR or SLV?: IYR is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYR ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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