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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHX returned +13.1% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, SCHX or SIVR?

SCHX 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

SCHX vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SCHX is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +13.1%.

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Net assets: $74.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

SCHX total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.03%

SCHX expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHX costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points.

SCHX vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SCHX	SIVR
Return
Measure	SCHX	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SCHX	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SCHX	SIVR
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SCHX	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.30%
Net assets, SCHX as of Aug 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$74.2bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SCHX	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	36.0%

Method

Side by side

SCHX Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Schwab abrdn

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

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark −0.6 pts vs IVV +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.30%

Holdings 747 not counted

Net assets, SCHX as of Aug 31, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $74.2bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

SCHX

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 747 positions, with the top ten at 36.0%.

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, SCHX or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHX returned +13.1% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, SCHX or SIVR?: SCHX 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

SCHX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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