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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PULS returned +4.0% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, PULS or SLV?

PULS is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 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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PULS vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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PULS is an actively managed short-term fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +4.0%.

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Net assets: $19.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+4.0%

PULS total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.15%

PULS expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PULS costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; SLV is 1.3 times larger.

PULS vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	PULS	SLV
Return
Measure	PULS	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+4.0%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	PULS	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	PULS	SLV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	PULS	SLV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$19.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	PULS	SLV
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

PULS PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer PGIM iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +4.0% +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 0.15% 0.50%

Holdings 553 not counted

Net assets, PULS as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $19.8bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

PULS

PULS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

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, PULS or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PULS returned +4.0% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, PULS or SLV?: PULS is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

PULS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PULS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PGIM website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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