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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHB returned +13.4% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, SCHB or SIVR?

SCHB is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SCHB vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SCHB is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +13.4%.

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Net assets: $44.6bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

SCHB total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.03%

SCHB expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHB costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points.

SCHB vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SCHB	SIVR
Return
Measure	SCHB	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SCHB	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SCHB	SIVR
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SCHB	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.30%
Net assets, SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$44.6bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SCHB	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.7%

Method

Side by side

SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Schwab abrdn

What it is Tracks an index of US broad market Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.30%

Holdings 2372 not counted

Net assets, SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $44.6bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,372 positions, with the top ten at 33.7%.

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, SCHB or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHB returned +13.4% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, SCHB or SIVR?: SCHB is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

SCHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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abrdn website ↗

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