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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or SLV?

SDY is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SDY vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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SDY is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $21.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SDY costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; SLV is 1.2 times larger.

SDY vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	SLV
Return
Measure	SDY	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	SDY	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	SLV
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	SLV
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$21.9bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	SLV
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 SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +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 0.35% 0.50%

Holdings 156 not counted

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $21.9bn $26.9bn

SDY and SLV 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%.

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, SDY or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SLV?: SDY is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 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) ↗

State Street website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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