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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +34.5% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, SCHD or SIVR?

SCHD is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 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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SCHD vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SCHD is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SCHD returned +34.5% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $112.3bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+34.5%

SCHD total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.06%

SCHD expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHD costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.5 points.

SCHD vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SCHD	SIVR
Return
Measure	SCHD	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+34.5%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SCHD	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SCHD	SIVR
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SCHD	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.30%
Net assets, SCHD as of Aug 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$112.3bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SCHD	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	41.7%

Method

Side by side

SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity 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 dividend Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +34.5% +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 0.06% 0.30%

Holdings 99 not counted

Net assets, SCHD as of Aug 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $112.3bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

SCHD

SCHD tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +34.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 41.7%.

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, SCHD or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHD returned +34.5% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, SCHD or SIVR?: SCHD is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

SCHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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