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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 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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SDY vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SDY is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $21.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points.

SDY vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	SIVR
Return
Measure	SDY	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	SDY	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	SIVR
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.30%
Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$21.9bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%

Method

Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street abrdn

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +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 0.35% 0.30%

Holdings 156 not counted

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $21.9bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

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, SDY or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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abrdn website ↗

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