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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +10.3% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, MOAT or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

MOAT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

Share on X Download as PDF

MOAT is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +10.3%.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about MOAT and SIVR

Net assets: $11.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

MOAT on its own →SIVR on its own →

At a glance

+10.3%

MOAT total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.46%

MOAT expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points.

MOAT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MOAT	SIVR
Return
Measure	MOAT	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+10.3%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	MOAT	SIVR
Below its high	3.7%, high on Aug 27, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MOAT	SIVR
What it tracks	Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	MOAT	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.46%	0.30%
Net assets, MOAT as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$11.6bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	MOAT	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.5%

Method

Side by side

MOAT VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer VanEck abrdn

What it is Tracks the Morningstar Wide Moat Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +10.3% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark −3.4 pts vs VOO +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.46% 0.30%

Holdings 54 not counted

Net assets, MOAT as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $11.6bn $3.7bn

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

Alert

About each fund

MOAT

MOAT tracks the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 54 positions, with the top ten at 26.5%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 27, 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, MOAT or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +10.3% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, MOAT or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Other comparisons

BWET vs MOAT MOAT vs USO MOAT vs SLV GLDM vs MOAT SIVR vs VO SIVR vs VXF MDY vs SIVR IJH vs SIVR

Where to next

MOAT on its own →SIVR on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →MOAT dividend history →MOAT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

MOAT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MOAT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

abrdn website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, MOAT against SIVR, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/moat-vs-sivr

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.