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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, PFF or SLV?

PFF is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

PFF vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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PFF is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against −4.2%.

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Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

−4.2%

PFF total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.45%

PFF expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PFF costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.1 points; SLV is 2.2 times larger.

PFF vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	PFF	SLV
Return
Measure	PFF	SLV
Total return, 1 year	−4.2%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	PFF	SLV
Below its high	7.1%, high on May 8, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	PFF	SLV
What it tracks	ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	PFF	SLV
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	PFF	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.7%

Method

Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −4.2% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.50%

Holdings 453 not counted

Net assets, PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $11.8bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

PFF

PFF tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% 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 453 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%. It sat 7.1% below its high of May 8, 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, PFF or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or SLV?: PFF is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for SLV ↗

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