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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHB returned +13.4% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, SCHB or SLV?

SCHB is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 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 SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SCHB is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +13.4%.

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Net assets: $44.6bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+13.4%

SCHB total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.03%

SCHB expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHB costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points.

SCHB vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SCHB	SLV
Return
Measure	SCHB	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	SCHB	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SCHB	SLV
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SCHB	SLV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.50%
Net assets, SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026	$44.6bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SCHB	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.7%

Method

Risk and return

Nov 13, 2009 to Oct 23, 2026 · 884 weekly returns

SCHB SLV

Return

Total return edge SCHB +807.9% +184.1%

Annualized edge SCHB +13.9% +6.3%

Price return edge SCHB +582.0% +184.1%

Risk

Volatility edge SCHB 16.5% 31.0%

Max drawdown edge SCHB −33.3% −75.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SCHB 0.78 0.31

Sortino edge SCHB 1.13 0.44

Calmar edge SCHB 0.42 0.08

Reading

SCHB returned more: +807.9% to +184.1%. SCHB swung less: 16.5% to 31.0%. SCHB fell less at its worst: −33.3% to −75.2%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: SCHB vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SCHB	SLV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+807.9%	+184.1%	SCHB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.9%	+6.3%	SCHB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+582.0%	+184.1%	SCHB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.5%	31.0%	SCHB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.4%	21.4%	SCHB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.3%	−75.2%	SCHB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.78	0.31	SCHB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.13	0.44	SCHB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.42	0.08	SCHB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 884 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Schwab iShares

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +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 0.03% 0.50%

Holdings 2372 not counted

Net assets, SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $44.6bn $26.9bn

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

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SCHB and SLV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. SCHB follows Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index and SLV follows Silver.
Cost. SCHB charges 0.03% of assets a year and SLV 0.50%, a gap of 0.47 points.
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 SCHB returned +13.4% and SLV +14.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 1.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

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, SCHB or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHB returned +13.4% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, SCHB or SLV?: SCHB is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 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) ↗

Schwab website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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