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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHG returned +6.8% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, SCHG or SLV?

SCHG is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SCHG vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SCHG is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against +6.8%.

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Net assets: $63.0bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+6.8%

SCHG total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.04%

SCHG expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHG costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.1 points.

SCHG vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SCHG	SLV
Return
Measure	SCHG	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+6.8%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	SCHG	SLV
Below its high	3.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SCHG	SLV
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SCHG	SLV
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.50%
Net assets, SCHG as of Aug 31, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026	$63.0bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SCHG	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	51.0%

Method

Side by side

SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Schwab iShares

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +6.8% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark −6.9 pts vs IVV −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.50%

Holdings 192 not counted

Net assets, SCHG as of Aug 31, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $63.0bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

SCHG

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 192 positions, with the top ten at 51.0%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 6, 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, SCHG or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHG returned +6.8% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, SCHG or SLV?: SCHG is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

SCHG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for SLV ↗

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