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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KRE returned +21.2% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, KRE or SLV?

KRE is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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KRE vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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KRE is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, KRE returned +21.2% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $4.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

KRE costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points; SLV is 6.3 times larger.

KRE vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	KRE	SLV
Return
Measure	KRE	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	KRE	SLV
Below its high	6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	KRE	SLV
What it tracks	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	KRE	SLV
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$4.2bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	KRE	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.6%

Method

Side by side

KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Regional Banking Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +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 0.35% 0.50%

Holdings 167 not counted

Net assets, KRE as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $4.2bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 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, KRE or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KRE returned +21.2% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, KRE or SLV?: KRE is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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